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The publishers’ year: winners and losers | Books | The Guardian
Which books did well, which were left on the shelves, and which made editors green with envy?
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America’s Test Kitchen’s Kitchen Hacks Is Cooking For Productivity Nerds
In their new book Kitchen Hacks: How Clever Cooks Get Things Done, Kimball (farewell, sweet prince) and company aim to show you how to prep, cook, and clean in the most efficient way possible. In short: it’s a helpful, practical guide for how to use…
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Little Stars by Jacqueline Wilson – review | Children’s books | The Guardian
This is the fifth book in the Hetty Feather series and I love it. It is an emotional and funny book continuing Hetty and Diamond’s story. Hetty has now left the circus and is about 15 years old.
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The pleasure of being fooled: inventor Mark Setteduc…
What goes into crafting a convincing illusion? For the US magician and inventor Mark Setteducati, whose toys and puzzles have earned him patents and accolades, personal expression and a mastery of maths have been key.
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The Ottoman Endgame by Sean McMeekin review – the breakup of an empire | Books | The Guardian
For the historian of the first world war, the Ottoman theatre is a blur of movement compared to the attrition of the western front.
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In the season of sharing, the opportunity arises to give plenty of books as presents – but which titles to give, and to whom? Here, readers and writers explain which books they wish more people had read and why they want to share them with others th…
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Some Rainbows Don’t Have Every Color of the Rainbow
At sunrise and sunset, only ROY shows up for rainbow duty—G and BIV don’t appear for the earliest and latest color shows in the sky. Rainbows, it seems, are far more complex than the simple mnemonic for the colors of the rainbow that we all learned …
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Week’s Best Space Pictures: Orion’s Lightsabers and Dust Doughnuts
Could Queen Nefertiti’s Tomb Reveal Secrets From Egypt’s Shadowy Past? She was married to one of the most eccentric pharaohs. But after his death she may have reigned on her own—as a man. If researchers have found her tomb, what’s inside could chang…
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Could Queen Nefertiti’s Tomb Reveal Secrets From Egypt’s Shadowy Past?
Every time something is discovered in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings, the whispers begin. Is it the queen? Has she finally been found? They’re asking about Nefertiti, the legendary beauty who was married to one of ancient Egypt’s strangest pharaohs.
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Strong Shots By Early Women Photographers
Though National Geographic’s early days were mostly a boys’ club, the magazine did feature a number of women photographers. One of the most notable was Eliza R. Scidmore, National Geographic’s first female writer and the first woman on the Board of …
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Naomi Ndukwu has to leave her apartment in Lagos two hours ahead of schedule every morning to beat the traffic gridlocks on the city’s roads. In the evenings she is stuck for similar periods of time on her way back.
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How Mistletoe Became Everyone’s Favorite Parasite
One of the more romantic Christmas traditions is kissing under a sprig of mistletoe, hung from a ceiling or doorway. Those who find themselves under its green leaves might not know that this symbol of love is actually a vicious parasite that survive…
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Obama promotes action on climate change on Bear Grylls TV show – video | US news | The Guardian
The US president treks through a remote part of Alaska with Bear Grylls to promote action on climate change in a special episode of the British adventurer’s reality show, Running Wild With Bear Grylls.
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Microsoft delays its Windows 10 Mobile upgrade to early 2016 | The Verge
Microsoft had previously promised to deliver its Windows 10 Mobile update to existing Lumia devices this month, but the company is delaying its roll out. In a statement, Microsoft says the Windows 10 Mobile upgrade will now begin early next year to …
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Roli’s new app uses 3D Touch to deliver squishy squelchy synths on your iPhone | The Verge
Music company Roli is know for its range of soft, rubbery keyboards that let musicians bend and squish notes to change their sound.
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This story features violent images. For 14 months, the first thing Dave Herrod, a special agent with the Drug Enforcement Administration, did every morning was boot up his laptop and begin tracking a 43-foot yacht with Dock Holiday painted on the st…
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From ‘Spotlight’ to ‘Carol’: The Atlantic’s Best Movies of 2015 – The Atlantic
Much like last year, 2015 offered a lot of good films, but few great ones. The usual caveats all apply: I missed a number of movies that I would have liked to have seen, in particular some foreign films and documentaries.
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Indonesia Bans, Then Swiftly Unbans, Motorcycle Taxi On-Demand Services | TechCrunch
A kerfuffle in Indonesia today illustrated the unpredictable nature of regulators and regulations when it comes to ride-sharing services in Southeast Asia, the region where smartphone ownership is rapidly growing among its collective population of 5…
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From ‘Game of Thrones’ to ‘Jessica Jones’: The Best TV Episodes of 2015 – The Atlantic
The Atlantic’s editors and writers pick their favorite 2015 moments from Game of Thrones, Mr. Robot, Broad City, Rick and Morty, Jessica Jones, and more. (Just to be clear, spoilers abound.)
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December 18, 1878: Joseph Stalin Is Born | The Nation
Louis Fischer was one of the most acute Stalin watchers there was in the 1920s and 1930s.
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What We Learned About Climate & Clean Energy In 2015, In 5 Charts (thinkprogress.org)submitted 21 minutes ago by loading…
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Bernie Sanders Can Still Catch Hillary Clinton In Iowa | FiveThirtyEight
Did you know that there’s a Democratic presidential primary too? Sure, Hillary Clinton maintains a big lead in national polls and has all the endorsements. Sure, she’s almost certainly going to win the nomination. But if I were running the Clinton c…
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What We Learned About Climate & Clean Energy In 2015, In 5 Charts : environment
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5 Climate And Clean Energy Charts From 2015 You Need To See | ThinkProgress
What We Learned About Climate & Clean Energy In 2015, In 5 Charts https://t.co/SLLYSiEdlS https://t.co/jObv1qogD5 via /r/environment
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Be careful what you write — or what you ask high school children to write — in parts of Virginia. Apparently, having a go at the centuries-old skill of Arabic calligraphy by copying out the Islamic statement of faith could do funny things to your br…
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Driverless car rules perplexing, says Google – BBC News
Google has criticised the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) in California for insisting driverless cars must have a fully licensed driver behind the wheel. On Wednesday, the DMV published draft regulations which outline how the technology could be …
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North Korean band’s shows cancelled over ‘anti-American lyrics’ | World news | The Guardian
A North Korean pop group cancelled its Beijing concerts last week when Chinese authorities objected to “anti-American” lyrics in the show, said a source with ties to both countries.
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Donald Trump, the Death Penalty, and the Central Park 5 – The Atlantic
It was an otherwise unremarkable event when Donald Trump received the endorsement of the New England Police Benevolent Association, a union of police and correctional officers in Massachusetts and New Hampshire, on December 10.
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NFL weekend preview: Jags to top Falcons, and Colts short on Luck | Sport | The Guardian
Tom Brady doesn’t want to talk about Donald Trump any more. We don’t want to hear Tom Brady talk about Donald Trump any more. How about we all just agree to not talk about Donald Trump, and instead spend our time enjoying this noble attempt to reima…
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British Museum boss MacGregor leaves Lampedusa cross – BBC News
British Museum boss Neil MacGregor’s final acquisition before stepping down is a cross made from the wreck of a refugee boat sunk in the Mediterranean. The 2013 Lampedusa Cross was made and gifted by carpenter Francesco Tuccio, who lives on the Ital…
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Libya militia chases away US troops – BBC News
US forces flown to Libya to support government troops had to leave after landing because of demands from a local militia group, US officials say. It follows reports that 20 US special forces troops, equipped with advanced weaponry, landed on Monday …
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Delhi gang rape: Court allows teenage rapist’s release – BBC News
The petitioner, MP Subramanian Swamy, had requested the Delhi high court to stop his release, due on Sunday. The teenager, who cannot be named as he was a minor at the time of the crime, was sentenced to three years in a reform facility in August 20…
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As the ego sinks, a soul floats. At a meet against Columbia on November 20, Harvard University freshman swimmer Schuyler Bailar posted a time of 2:19.64 in the men’s 200-yard breaststroke. He finished last.
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Missing DJ Derek ‘was seen being chased from pub’ – BBC News
The family of a missing Bristol DJ have said they have received new information which could help with the inquiry into his disappearance. Derek Serpell-Morris, known as DJ Derek, was last seen in July.
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The reality of economic hardship runs through the film like an underground stream, sometimes out of view but always there.
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Virginia Schools Shut Down After Islam Is Included in World Religion Class | VICE News
Be careful what you write — or what you ask high school children to write — in parts of Virginia. Apparently, having a go at the centuries-old skill of Arabic calligraphy by copying out the Islamic statement of faith could do funny things to your br…
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Congress’s Omnibus Has Funding for Positive Train Control, but Not Enough – The Atlantic
The derailment of Amtrak train 188 in Philadelphia earlier this year, which killed eight people, introduced many Americans to a safety technology that could have prevented the crash in the first place: positive train control.
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No, There Has Not Been a Mass Shooting Every Day This Year | Mother Jones
Take a moment to consider what type of violent event that headline just brought to mind. The places and horrifying attacks you likely recalled surface instantly for most of us when we see or hear the term “mass shooting”—Columbine and Virginia Tech.…
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Counting the cost of Chennai floods – BBC News
More than 300 people were killed when devastating floods hit the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The rains have now stopped but businesses have been decimated, with factories, shops and offices destroyed.
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Will One of These Clowns Destroy the Paris Climate Deal? | Mother Jones
This story originally appeared on Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Republicans didn’t even wait for a global climate change deal to be struck in Paris to start undermining it.
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Pete Seeger’s FBI File Reveals How the Folk Legend First Became a Target of the Feds | Mother Jones
From the 1940s through the early 1970s, the US government spied on singer-songwriter Pete Seeger because of his political views and associations.
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Nevada Has the Most Radical Plan Yet to Give Tax Money to Private Schools | Mother Jones
The decades-old school choice debate is back, this time in Nevada. Under a Republican-sponsored plan that passed earlier this year, families can use state education funding for private schools, virtual schools, or homeschooling costs.
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The Democratic National Committee has told the campaign of Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont that it was suspending its access to its voter database after a software error enabled at least one of his staff members to review Hillary Clinton’s private…
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Study: Long before species become extinct, their rarity may cause far-reaching changes in global ecosystems. The modern ocean is full of ecological “ghosts” — species that are now so rare that they no longer fill the ecological roles they did previo…
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Final curtain looms for historic Palestinian theatre – Al Jazeera English
Occupied East Jerusalem – The future of the Palestinian National Theatre is fraught with uncertainty as the organisation struggles with declining audiences and high operating costs.
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Lawyer Reveals Details About the Man Behind Bitcoin’s $4.5 Million Ponzi Scheme | Motherboard
A lawyer for the man who was convicted of what is believed to be the first criminal fraud case in the US related to Bitcoin has revealed new details about the case and his client.
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FCC Asks Comcast, T-Mobile and AT&T If Their Data Plans Violate Net Neutrality | Motherboard
Federal regulators want answers from some of the nation’s largest internet service providers about a controversial practice called “zero rating” that critics say could violate US net neutrality rules.
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US evangelicals plead for solidarity with refugees – Al Jazeera English
Evangelical leaders in the United States have called on fellow Christians to welcome refugees from Syria and Iraq despite staunch opposition among many politicians and presidential candidates.
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UN adopts resolution to cut off ISIL funding – Al Jazeera English
The United Nations Security Council has unanimously adopted a resolution to cut off all sources of funding for the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq (ISIL) and other groups it classifies as terrorist organisations.
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Love Everyone Often Peace Beauty Balance Life Light Magic: Mongolian marvel
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DNC: Sanders campaign improperly accessed Clinton voter data – The Washington Post
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These two cosmic jets actually beam outward from a newborn star [1028 x 1218] https://t.co/v2qiBHr2eg https://t.co/Yl7NnfslVP
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Caller ID Startup Truecaller Cuts 30 Jobs | TechCrunch
Truecaller, the European company behind the popular caller ID app of the same name, has laid off 30 staff across its Stockholm, India and San Francisco offices as part of an apparent staffing strategy shift.
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The Federal Reserve has raised rates too soon | Business | The Guardian
Good retail sales numbers, which beat market expectations, made a rate hike by the US Federal Reserve almost certain. The rise that finally did take place on Wednesday was well signaled to markets that cheered the rise, with Dow, Nasdaq and the S&P …
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The Complete Guide To Making An Egg McMuffin Clone At Home | First We Feast
In the annals of breakfast history, the Egg McMuffin is a true early-morning star. It’s a fact most of us have known since a McDonald’s vice president and franchise owner trademarked the egg, ham, and cheese sandwich in the 1970s in order to bring b…
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Jason Day’s wife released from hospital after LeBron James crash landing | Sport | The Guardian
The wife of the US PGA champion Jason Day was released from hospital on Friday after being on the receiving end of a LeBron James crash landing during an NBA game.
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The African Union’s (AU) Peace and Security Council has proposed sending 5,000 peacekeepers to Burundi, invoking for the first time a rule which allows it to deploy a force without a country’s consent, a diplomat said.
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I came late to Diana Wynne Jones. I managed to miss her first time around, my childhood reading filled instead with Asterix and the Hardy Boys, but now I burn with the zeal of the newly converted, after finding her charming and exasperating Wizard H…
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DNC: Sanders campaign improperly accessed Clinton voter data : politics
They note that it wasn’t a low level staffer but instead Sander’s National Data Director. It’s funny because the campaign actually first said it was a low level staff.
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Phi Phi Islands, Thailand [OC][2048×1371] : EarthPorn
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Im her cat-sitter and I dont think I can part with her. : aww
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“I have a really big squad—but the problem is I’m a little old, so I forget who’s in it,” quipped Amy Poehler to The Daily Beast, mulling recent reports that she’s a bona fide member of presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s official #squad.
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Russia Turkey: Sukhoi jet black box ‘damaged’ – BBC News
The memory card in the flight recorder of a Russian fighter plane downed by Turkey on the Syrian border last month is damaged, Russian investigators say. The “black box” of the Su-24 jet was officially opened in Moscow on Friday in front of journali…
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Prince George to attend Westacre Montessori School Nursery – BBC News
Prince George is to attend the Westacre Montessori School Nursery in Norfolk in January, Kensington Palace has confirmed. As the news was announced, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge said they continued to be grateful for the public’s support in res…
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Obama runs wild with Bear Grylls to promote action on climate change | US news | The Guardian
He declined to drink urine but Barack Obama did make tea from glacier water and munch on a bloody salmon previously chewed by a bear in his wilderness bromance with Bear Grylls.
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BBC Sport – Jose Mourinho: Chelsea exit a ‘sad, sad day’ – John Terry
Chelsea captain John Terry says Jose Mourinho’s exit as the Stamford Bridge club’s manager is a “sad, sad day”. Mourinho made Terry skipper aged 23 in 2004 in his first spell as Blues boss.
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Surprise! The Paris climate agreement is in your house | Grist
Allow us to break down a pretty complicated Paris climate deal for you — using everyday household objects. Researchers say the icy haze left by airplanes can scatter sunlight on its way to Earth.
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Space in Images – 2015 – 12 – Mongolian marvel
This stunning, false-colour image captured by Sentinel-2A on 15 August features southern Mongolia, bordered by China to the south and Russia to the north. Known for its vast, harsh stretches of space and its nomadic people, Mongolia sits deep within…
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Australia airport security sacked over Julie Bishop check – BBC News
An Australian security officer at Melbourne airport has been sacked after the country’s Foreign Minister Julie Bishop was reportedly singled out for a security screening. The incident happened in September as Ms Bishop was travelling to the United N…
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UK relaxes restrictions for future badger culls | Environment | The Guardian
The government is to relax the restrictions on its controversial badger culls as it rolls them out to new areas in 2016. But a leading scientist has warned that the move makes it even less likely that culling will achieve its aim of reducing tubercu…
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Look, if NASA says this is a space lightsaber, then who are we to disagree? | The Verge
“Just in time for the release of the movie Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has photographed what looks like a cosmic, double-bladed lightsaber,” writes NASA in a recent blog post.
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Ancient reptile ‘swam like a penguin’ – BBC News
The plesiosaurs – marine reptiles that patrolled the world’s seas when dinosaurs ruled the land – swam much like penguins by using their flippers to “fly” underwater, say scientists. It resolves a debate that began nearly 200 years ago.
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Samsung Pay is coming to China at the same time as Apple Pay | The Verge
Hot on the heels of Apple announcing an agreement with China UnionPay for bringing Apple Pay to China, Samsung is now releasing word that it has the secured the same deal and the same rollout roadmap.
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Palestinian families hope for justice at ICC – Al Jazeera English
Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip – Down an unpaved road near the mosque of Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, Mustafa al-Louh stepped out of his home into the chilly night air.
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Group Reviews – a selection | Children’s books | The Guardian
I’d recommend War Horse because it is full of adventure and full of (crazy) life but because it has a lot of old fashioned words in it. I would recommend it for older readers. The story is about a horse that is sold to a farmer and his son.
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China issues second smog red alert – Al Jazeera English
China has again warned residents across a large part of its north to prepare for a wave of choking smog arriving over the weekend, the worst of which is expected over Beijing, prompting the capital to issue its second ever “red alert”.
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Keith Sanheim – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Keith Sanheim (born (1970-03-01)1 March 1970) is a retired Canadian male volleyball player. He was part of the Canada men’s national volleyball team at the 2002 FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championship in Japan.[1] He played for Team Canada Masters.
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200-year-old fossil mystery resolved – BBC News
Scientists have reconstructed how an ancient reptile swam in the oceans at the time of the dinosaurs. Computer simulations suggest the plesiosaur moved through the water like a penguin, using its front limbs as paddles and back limbs for steering.
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BBC Sport – Fifa: Suspended Sepp Blatter presents his defence
Sepp Blatter claimed he “did not violate Fifa’s code of ethics” as the suspended president made his defence to the ethics committee of world football’s governing body on Thursday.
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Shkreli fraud arrest incites schadenfreude fest | The Verge
December is a festive month for most cultures around the globe, but yesterday was an especially jolly day on Twitter.
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Rivigo, an Indian startup that wants to build a more reliable and safer logistics network, has raised a $30 million Series B led by SAIF Partners.
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Google under scrutiny over lobbying influence on Congress and White House | US news | The Guardian
Google has made political donations to 162 members of the US Congress in the latest election cycle, figures show, as concerns grow over the internet giant’s lobbying influence in Washington.
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Donald and Darth: how the two leaders compare on key issues | US news | The Guardian
Republican frontrunner for president Donald Trump versus Imperial Sith lord Darth Vader, on the issues. Trump’s 1987 bestseller The Art of the Deal holds the billionaire’s basic pitch: he can bargain.
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Violent Femmes announce first full-length album in 15 years · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Milwaukee-based indie rockers the Violent Femmes have announced their first full-length album in 15 years, with the 10-song We Can Do Anything set to come out on March 4, 2016.
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The wonder of book fan art – in pictures | Children’s books | The Guardian
Sometimes your favourite books paint pictures so vividly in your head that you’ve got to actually get them down on paper. Here’s some of the most gorgeous fan art we’ve seen by Guardian children’s books site members and beyond
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Shadows of themselves: Portraits of statelessness – Al Jazeera English
Mona Kareem is a long way from home, and perhaps even further from ever being able to return. The 27-year-old last saw her family in Kuwait in the summer of 2011, just before travelling to the United States on a special alien passport.
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A right to exist: The stateless Syrian children – Al Jazeera English
In the damp, dimly lit cement room she now calls home, Dina sits cross-legged on a flat cushion, listlessly fumbling with the hem of her robe. Gaunt, sombre, and dressed in a plain black abaya, the 37-year-old mother of six is exhausted.
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Jonathan Stroud on why he loves fan art | Children’s books | The Guardian
Writing a book is a pretty solitary activity, for the most part. Sending it out into the world is a radical step that turns it from a private enterprise into a shared and public one.
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Over the past few million years, the ancestors of modern humans became dramatically different from other primates. Our forebears began walking upright, and they lost much of their body hair; they gained precision-grip fingers and developed gigantic …
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“We will respect Bernie’s wishes but we will use all legal and possible resources to get him elected,” Candice Johnson, a spokesperson for the union said. “We do have a super PAC, but it’s a super PAC of a union of 700,000 working people, not a coup…
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60 Minutes is going inside Apple’s ‘secret’ design lab on Sunday | The Verge
TV viewers in the US will get a sneak peek at Apple’s plans for the future this Sunday when 60 Minutes’ Charlie Rose visits the company’s headquarters.
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It was something of a Christmas ritual at Hunter S. Thompson’s Colorado cabin, Owl Farm. Every year, his secretary Deborah Fuller would take down the Christmas tree and leave it on the front porch rather than dispose of it entirely.
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Apple Pay to launch in China from 2016 – BBC News
China’s state-owned bankcard association, China UnionPay, has joined forces with Apple to bring the US giant’s electronic payment system, Apple Pay, to the mainland. Apple Pay will roll out to China UnionPay cardholders as early as 2016, pending app…
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Iran: No agreement on Syria ahead of New York talks – Al Jazeera English
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said hours before a conference on Syria takes place in New York that there is stll no agreement on which groups should comprise the “opposition” and which groups should be on a list of “terror” organ…
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“Real self-esteem is an integration of an inner value with things in the world around you,” Anna Deavere Smith wrote in her invaluable advice to young artists. But how does one master the intricacies of that integration?
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Has life changed for Tunisia after the revolution? – Al Jazeera English
It is not often that the actions of one man can set in motion events that affect millions of people. But so it was for Mohamed Bouazizi, a Tunisian street vendor who set himself on fire five years ago.
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A brief history of British coal mining – in pictures | Environment | The Guardian
Skip to main content Coal A brief history of British coal mining – in pictures From safety lamps and record demand to miners’ strikes, we chart the rise and demise of King Coal in the UK
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Progressive PR firm FitzGibbon shuts after sexual harassment allegations | US news | The Guardian
The public relations firm behind some of the world’s most progressive organizations was dramatically closed Thursday after its founder and figurehead was subject to what one staffer described as “an avalanche” of complaints about sexual harassment a…
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What does Kellingley colliery’s closure mean for coal in Britain? | Environment | The Guardian
Does the Kellingley closure mean the end of coal in Britain? Not quite. It is the end of deep-mined coal: the North Yorkshire pit is the last of the underground mines, that barely half a century ago numbered almost 1,000.
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Three alternative commuter bikes for those bored of hybrids | Environment | The Guardian
Ask someone in, say, Utrecht about the idea of a “commuter bike” and they’ll give you a puzzled look. In such more civilised cycling cultures, a bike is a bike, and is generally weighty, upright, bomb-proof and festooned with dynamo lights, baskets …
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Kellingley colliery: ‘shabby end for an industry’ | Environment | The Guardian
When the last shift of underground miners emerges at Kellingley colliery in North Yorkshire on Friday, it will bring down the final curtain on one of Britain’s most successful and enduring industries. Coal has been dug out of the ground since pre-Ro…
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Near the beginning of this novel, which has been translated by Deborah Boliver Boehm, there is an image of the built environment imitating nature, as a steel train bridge forms a “canopy” over a canal.
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Pope Francis recognises second Mother Teresa ‘miracle’ – BBC News
Pope Francis has recognised a second miracle attributed to Mother Teresa, clearing the way for the Roman Catholic nun to be made a saint next year.
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My parents, both Bulgarian, met while studying abroad in Russia. Shortly after I was born, they returned to St. Petersburg to finish their respective degrees, leaving me with my grandparents, with whom they lived.
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San Bernardino gunman’s friend charged over terror plots – BBC News
Enrique Marquez, 24, is charged with plotting with gunman Syed Farook to attack a university in 2011 and 2012. He is also accused of illegally purchasing the two rifles that were used by Farook and Tashfeen Malik.
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In US, Maternal Deaths Are on the Rise | Al Jazeera America
At the end of this year, the targets set by the United Nations in 2000 for developing countries will expire. In this project, we take those Millennium Development Goals and examine how some communities in the United States measure up. We have applie…
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Facebook Offers $10K to Cut the Commute | Al Jazeera America
Facebook is offering employees at its Silicon Valley headquarters at least $10,000 to move closer to the office, a reflection of the challenges many tech companies face in the increasingly expensive and congested San Francisco Bay area.
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Love Everyone Often Peace Beauty Balance Life Light Magic: Geminids of the South
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After months of taking a beating in the markets, renewable energy companies suddenly seemed to be on firmer footing this week, as lawmakers proposed extending important tax credits in exchange for lifting the decades-old ban on exporting American cr…
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Deaths remembered on International Migrants Day – Al Jazeera English
Rights groups, charities and global organisations have marked International Migrants Day by remembering the thousands of refugees and migrants who have died during perilous journeys this year.
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Bernie Sanders campaign accessed Hillary Clinton’s confidential voter information | The Verge
Democratic Party candidate Bernie Sanders has been suspended from viewing his party’s voter records after it was discovered that one of his staffers viewed confidential information from Hillary Clinton’s campaign.
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Plain cigarette packaging likely to snowball globally – Al Jazeera English
One of Australia’s leading anti-smoking campaigners says a “snowball” effect is likely to see plain packaging for cigarettes introduced in a number of new countries over the next decade, after tobacco company Philip Morris lost a court case challeng…
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After the spring, when our dreams were hijacked – Al Jazeera English
It felt like a dream come true: people asserting their power to defeat the tyrants of the Arab world. There would be no more fear, no more subservience, they said. But now, five years on, it feels more like a nightmare – and one that refuses to end.
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Singapore minister faces social media outcry after ‘migrant gaffe’ – BBC News
Singapore’s manpower ministry has drawn criticism on social media over a post about foreign workers. It was accompanied by the caption: “I learnt that some workers prefer to sleep without a mattress as they are used to it back in their home country”.
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Islamic State: Militants mount first major attack in months – BBC News
Kurdish forces backed by coalition air strikes have repulsed the most serious attack by Islamic State group in Iraq in five months, US officials say. IS militants mounted a co-ordinated assault on several locations near the northern city of Mosul on…
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Spain’s new political heavyweights – BBC News
The monopoly of Spain’s traditional political heavyweights is set to take a hit as two new contenders fight for power in national elections on 20 December.
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This girl waiting in line for The Force Awakens. : pics
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Democrats punish Bernie Sanders campaign following Clinton data breach | US news | The Guardian
Less than 12 hours after Bernie Sanders received his biggest endorsement of the presidential campaign, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) has cut off his access to the Democratic party’s all-important master voter file.
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Kellingley closure: last coalminers to resurface as way of life disappears | UK news | The Guardian
An industry and a way of life will come to an abrupt halt at 12.45pm on Friday when 60 coalminers at Kellingley resurface with only their identity cards as mementos and redundancy cheques for the future.
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‘Ghostbusters,’ ‘Top Gun’ Added To National Film Registry – The Onion – America’s Finest News Source
The Library of Congress announced that the National Film Registry will now include Top Gun, Ghostbusters, and the world’s first copyrighted film, 1894’s Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze, all of which “epitomize the diversity and richness of th…
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2015: The Year Big Movies Finally Stopped Sucking – The Daily Beast
Blockbusters are supposed to be bad. Popcorn flicks? Empty-calories. But from Star Wars to Mad Max, Inside Out to The Martian, it’s the year big movies were actually good.
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Only 11 Years for Male Sex Slave Ring – The Daily Beast
One of three Hungarian nationals charged with luring young gay men to the U.S., then forcing them to work as “sex slaves” in New York and Miami for nearly 20 hours a day, was sentenced to a mere 11 years behind bars.
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The Power Games of Prince Charles and Prince William – The Daily Beast
Prince William has been drawn into a controversy about Royal access to the innermost secrets of government after it was revealed that the young royal—who allegedly works full-time as a helicopter pilot—and his father Prince Charles are privy to inti…
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Extreme Couponing Drove Her to Ruin – The Daily Beast
“It’s a steal” when you get a good deal at the store, but authorities say “extreme couponer” Elyse Rumenapp’s obscene savings were truly crooked.
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The Best Nonfiction of 2015 – The Daily Beast
This moving and necessary book chronicles the stories of two soldiers, Eric Greitens and Jake Wood, who returned from Iraq and Afghanistan and changed not only their own lives but the lives of hundreds, possibly thousands, of their fellow vets.
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The Best Late Night Moments of 2015 – The Daily Beast
Like 2014 before it, 2015 was a year of monumental change in late night. There are still no female hosts on the air—we will have to hold out for Samantha Bee and Chelsea Handler in 2016 for that—but this past year did see some major transitions in t…
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Is Sex Assault Coverage Really Sexist? – The Daily Beast
When reporting on campus sexual assault, male journalists devote insufficient coverage to alleged victims’ stories in print media, where women’s voices are already grossly outnumbered.
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Do Yalies Want To Kill Free Speech? – The Daily Beast
The video seems like a spoof from The Onion: Students at Yale University walk through its tree-lined, Gothic architecture-filled campus and proceed to happily sign a petition to abolish the First Amendment of the Constitution.
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Will the Saudis Let Us Beat ISIS? – The Daily Beast
Saudi Arabia has put on quite a show. On Dec. 9 and 10, the Gulf monarchy held a major conference to assemble the Syrian rebels into a cohesive front—a welcome reprieve from the chaos in Syria and the fragmentation of the opposition. On Dec.
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Acid Attacks, Ambition, and Power: The Bolshoi’s Intense Backstage Dramas – The Daily Beast
The opening of the excellent HBO documentary film Bolshoi Babylon, features the public image we expect of the Bolshoi: beautifully costumed and made-up ballerinas, bathed in blue light, performing Swan Lake.
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How San Bernardino Terrorist Lured Nerd Neighbor to Jihad – The Daily Beast
Four years before Syed Rizwan Farook killed 14 people in the worst terrorist attack in the U.S. since 9/11, he aspired to throw pipe bombs on his fellow classmates at a California community college and enlisted a neighbor to help him in the rampage,…
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Did Hospitals Kill Her Mom? – The Daily Beast
Over the course of her lifetime, Paula Schulte survived painful scoliosis that contorted her spine, a head injury that left her in a coma for weeks, and cancer that cost her part of a lung. What she couldn’t survive was 11 weeks in Florida hospitals.
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Which Bernie Will Show Up on Saturday? – The Daily Beast
Bernie Sanders has spent his campaign pledging to keep the conversation positive and focus on the issues without relying on negative attacks to take his opponents down a peg.
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Big Short director Adam McKay on political comedy in “fucked-up times” · Interview · The A.V. Club
Writer-director Adam McKay has been one of the most forward-thinking faces of American comedy for most of his adult life.
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In The New Christmas Canon, The A.V. Club looks beyond Rudolph’s nose and Zuzu’s petals to highlight entertainment from the ’90s, ’00s, and ’10s that has become a seasonal staple—or deserves to. Aya Brea, the detective star of Parasite Eve, knows wh…
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As its name would suggest, King Push—Darkest Before Dawn: The Prelude is a bleak, caustic, and at times unsettling listening experience.
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Welcome to our weekly open thread for the discussion of gaming plans, nagging questions, and whatever else we feel like talking about. No matter what the topic, we invite everyone in the comments to tell us: What Are You Playing This Weekend?
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After 12 years, Joel McHale is out of The Soup · What’s On Tonight · The A.V. Club
Here’s what’s up in the world of TV for Friday, December 18 and Saturday, December 19. All times are Eastern. The Soup (E!, 10 p.m., Friday): Sure, he anchored one of the best ensembles in T.V.
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It’s remarkable that Baroness is still a band, really. While on tour in England in 2012, only a month after the group released its mammoth double album Yellow & Green, the Savannah foursome suffered what seemed a fateful accident when its bus plowed…
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What movie do you think is missing from our Best Of 2015 list? · AVQ&A · The A.V. Club
Welcome back to AVQ&A, where we throw out a question for discussion among the staff and readers. Consider this a prompt to compare notes on your interface with pop culture, to reveal your embarrassing tastes and experiences, and to ponder how our di…
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Grant Morrison’s Klaus makes Santa a hunky holiday action hero · Big Issues · The A.V. Club
Each week, Big Issues focuses on a newly released comic book of significance. This week, it’s Klaus #2.
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Chances are, you met Cage The Elephant on the radio.
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“The Cost of Doing Business” felt a bit like shuffling cards; things shifting quickly with no certainty what will come up again or when.
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Hogging all the warmth : Catloaf
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APOD: 2015 December 17 – Geminids of the South
Explanation: Earth’s annual Geminid meteor shower did not disappoint, peaking before dawn on December 14 as our fair planet plowed through dust from active asteroid 3200 Phaethon. Captured in this southern hemisphere nightscape the meteors stream aw…
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Beijing Issues Month’s 2nd Smog Red Alert | Al Jazeera America
China warned residents across a large part of northern China on Friday to prepare for a wave of choking smog arriving over the weekend, the worst of which is expected to over Beijing, prompting the capital city to issue its second ever red alert.
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ATLANTA — When Candace Hill became the fastest teenage girl the United States has ever clocked, sprinting 100 meters in 10.98 seconds in June, she was suddenly good enough not only to qualify for next summer’s Rio Olympics, but also to potentially w…
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Numbats given reprieve as WA council scraps plans for rubbish dump | Australia news | The Guardian
A Western Australian council has voted unanimously to scrap plans for a rubbish dump near a significant numbat habitat, a move hailed by conservationists as a win for biodiversity.
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Combat among the cows | Environment | The Guardian
They’re a companionable bunch, the cattle in the field opposite. Keeping close to one another, rumps to the prevailing wind, they wait out each bout of bad weather.
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Illuminated Paper Umbrellas and Bamboo Trees Image, Japan – National Geographic Photo of the Day
Photographing autumn foliage in Kyoto, Japan, Your Shot community member Aurora Simionescu came upon these illuminated paper umbrellas in a stand of bamboo trees at Kodaiji Temple. But capturing this image of the display wasn’t easy.
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In Will Smith’s new movie, “Concussion,” the former N.F.L. player Dave Duerson confronts the film’s protagonist, the pathologist Bennet Omalu, whose findings of chronic traumatic encephalopathy in pro football players shook the league.
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Hillary Clinton Says She’s Unaware Of Receiving $150,000 In Oil & Gas Contributions: That’s more than every Republican candidate except Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (huffingtonpost.com) But fracking? Nah, that’s cool. No …
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Dustin Diamond to Start Four-Month Jail Sentence in January | Rolling Stone
Dustin Diamond, known for his role as Screech in cult TV sitcom “Saved By The Bell,” will serve a four-month jail sentence early next year. According to Reuters, the actor withdrew the appeal of his conviction stemming from a bar stabbing in Port Wa…
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Evernote Kills Off Skitch For Windows, Android And iOS — But Retains Mac App | TechCrunch
Evernote bought popular annotation app Skitch back in 2011 and, after incurring the wrath of loyal users for a series of unpopular updates, it is finally saying goodbye to it for good after announcing that it will end support for almost all versions…
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Tippi Hedren having her cigarette lit by a crow on the set of The Birds : movies
My god, those birds really were trying to kill her. It’s all about the long game.
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There’s a full size German Shepherd sitting in front of me on the airplane : mildlyinteresting
K-9 Air marshall? He makes sure the Air Marshals themselves aren’t up to any shit.
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Because F*ck Everything In That Direction : gifs
That’s not how you stop Superman. They stand for everything we dont stand for… also they told me you guys look like dorks!
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My office said ‘fuck it’ (again) this year : funny
Office space slip and slide? Your aim is getting better at these photos! Are you guys hiring??
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Meek Mill Faces Prison Time After Violating Parole | Rolling Stone
Meek Mill may face prison time next year after a Philadelphia judge determined the rapper had violated the terms of his probation, which included him ignoring travel restrictions and other rules, according to NBC 10 in Philadelphia.
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Obama Refuses to Drink His Own Pee, Shows His Human Side on ‘Bear Grylls’ – The Daily Beast
Going into Thursday night’s episode of NBC’s Running Wild with Bear Grylls, we could be fairly certain that this week’s celebrity guest survived the ordeal.
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Martin Shkreli was Charged For Everything But His Real Crime – The Daily Beast
The devil wore sunglasses. He wore them even though the finest fall in memory had taken a gloomy turn and the day had gone doubly dim with a chilly rain and the approach of night.
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The wife of the Australian golfer Jason Day was taken away in a neck brace on a stretcher after being accidentally crunched by Cleveland superstar LeBron James while watching an NBA match.
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Seismology of elephants investigated – BBC News
Could putting vibrations into the ground be a way to keep elephants from coming into conflict with humans? Already, attempts have been made to scare the animals away from villages using their own very low-frequency alarm calls – with partial success.
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Australia ‘disappointed’ by Japan whaling restart, PM Turnbull says – BBC News
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has said his country is “very disappointed” by Japan’s decision to resume whaling in the Antarctic. He made the comments after arriving in Tokyo for his first visit to North Asia since becoming leader of Au…
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New Haiti Commission to Evaluate Elections | Al Jazeera America
President Michel Martelly on Thursday ordered the creation of a special commission to assess Haiti’s electoral process ahead of Dec. 27 presidential and legislative runoffs that opposition factions have threatened to derail because of suspicions of …
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Congress’ New Budget for NASA Is Huge — And Secretly Contains Hated Spying Bill CISA – Mic
The bill about to pass through Congress is one small step for NASA, and one giant leap for the surveillance state. In the newest version of the “omnibus” spending bill, the yearly legislation that passes enormous federal budget guidelines, NASA has …
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Open thread for night owls: Some excerpts from the Harper’s Index
Thousands of children are still fleeing Central America, but U.S. program founded in 2014 to treat them as refugees hasn’t accepted any.
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This Professor Trolled Sandy Hook Parents—And His University Wants Him Gone – The Daily Beast
Florida Atlantic University announced on Thursday it planned to fire tenured professor James Tracy for allegedly harassing parents of the victims of the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary that left 20 children and six adults dead.
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A Friend of One of the San Bernardino Shooters Planned Attacks With Him in 2011 | VICE News
Enrique Marquez, Jr.
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Star Wars superfans get married in a galaxy far, far away – BBC News
An Australian couple got married as they waited in line for the first US public showings of Star Wars: The Force Awakens. The Star Wars superfans exchange wedding vows amid shouts of “may the force be with you”.
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EU Summit: What is on the agenda? – BBC News
EU leaders are meeting in Brussels and unsurprisingly there is a lot on the agenda. British Prime Minister David Cameron is pushing for a reform of the union. Security is also a major issue. And another key talking point is the migrant crisis.
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Jeremy Renner to play Undefeated boxer Rocky Marciano · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Variety is reporting that Avengers and Mission Impossible star Jeremy Renner has been tapped to play former heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano in an upcoming biopic.
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Don’t freak out, but we might be geoengineering with contrails | Grist
Researchers say the icy haze left by airplanes can scatter sunlight on its way to Earth. Yes, someone is really selling air from the Canadian Rockies — guess that’s one way to deal with smog.
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This company is bottling air in Canada and selling it to China | Grist
Researchers say the icy haze left by airplanes can scatter sunlight on its way to Earth. Yes, someone is really selling air from the Canadian Rockies — guess that’s one way to deal with smog.
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Twitter Stock Closes at an All-Time Low | Re/code
Twitter stock fell 4 percent Thursday, finishing the session at $23.31, the lowest the stock has ever closed. Yahoo Finance lists the stock’s 52-week low at $21.01, but that was during intra-day trading back in August (the stock closed at $25.17 tha…
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Peace Love Beauty Wisdom Balance Imagination Truth Consciousness, If I fits, I sits. via /r/aww…
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The Republican presidential candidates have demonstrated such an appetite for debates that if I set up nine lecterns in my living room on a weeknight around 8 p.m.
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New Zealand milk firm shares soar 30% on profit forecast – BBC News
Shares in New Zealand dairy firm – The a2 Milk Company (A2) – were up more than 30% in Sydney on Friday after the firm raised its full-year earnings forecast on demand for its infant formula in China and Australia. It is the second time since Novemb…
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End of deep coal mining – BBC News
Kellingley Colliery, in North Yorkshire, closes on 18 December, bringing to an end centuries of deep coal mining in Britain.
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Mick Fanning misses out on fourth world surf title – BBC News
Mick Fanning has missed out on a fourth world surf title in Hawaii after a strong performance overshadowed by the death of his brother Peter. The Australian defeated 11-time world champion Kelly Slater, but fell out of the semi-finals to Brazilian A…
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Beijing issues second ever pollution “red alert” – BBC News
Beijing authorities have issued a second pollution “red alert”, little more than a week after its first ever such warning. The Chinese capital will endure dense smog from Saturday until Tuesday, the Beijing Meteorological Service said.
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Wincing Simon Pegg admits he didn’t like the new Star Trek trailer either · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Among his many appealing features as a slightly unlikely movie star, Simon Pegg is gifted with a big, expressive face, and a normally candid, honest attitude, especially as it relates to his various nerdy obsessions.
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At first glance, and with enough cynicism, it’s easy to see The Big Bang Theory’s use of its Star Wars: The Force Awakens tie-in episode as the one where Sheldon and Amy finally have sex as a cheap bit of marketing, or perhaps even worse, as a momen…
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Spiral Galaxy NGC 1068 in Cetus : EndorNineWorlds
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Tears for Fears – Everybody Wants to Rule the World – YouTube
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Apple Pay Will Launch In China In Early 2016 | TechCrunch
Chinese consumers will have access to Apple Pay soon, after Apple struck a partnership with China UnionPay, the government-approved organization that is the only bank card issuer in the country. Apple Pay will be available early next year after it p…
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Schools in Augusta County Virginia will be closed on Friday after a calligraphy lesson prompted a disturbing anti-Muslim backlash. The controversy started when a lesson in World Geography class asked students to try to copy an example of Arabic call…
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China’s capital city issued a “red alert” for pollution on Friday, hard on the heels of its first-ever such warning earlier in December, as Beijing’s leadership vowed to crack down on often hazardous levels of smog.
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Sean Penn to play Andrew Jackson in HBO miniseries · Newswire · The A.V. Club
As reported by Deadline, Sean Penn has signed on to play Andrew Jackson in a new project for HBO called I Have An Opinion On That Guy: The Movie. Well, it’s not really called that, but it might as well be.
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Madonna Says Sean Penn Didn’t Assault Her in Court Document | Rolling Stone
Madonna has come to the defense of her ex-husband Sean Penn, who filed a defamation lawsuit against Empire co-creator and filmmaker Lee Daniels, stemming from a quote that allegedly implied Penn hit women.
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Apple Pay is coming to China in 2016 | The Verge
Apple Pay is officially coming to China. The company today announced a partnership with China UnionPay, the association that runs China’s bank card industry, to bring Apple’s wireless payment service to the country “as soon as early 2016.
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Fully proofed is derp loafing today : Catloaf
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Why Taliban special forces are fighting Islamic State – BBC News
The Afghan Taliban say they have unleashed “special forces” in an increasingly bloody battle with fighters from the rival, so-called Islamic State (IS) group.
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Jobless in Germany: Migrants’ next challenge – BBC News
A quick glance at the street names in Ottobrunn – Willy Messerschmitt Strasse, Hugo Junkers Strasse – is enough to identify the Bavarian suburb as the home of aeronautical engineering in Germany.
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Japan’s curious passion for the business novel – BBC News
When Japanese people want a really good read they may not pick a spy thriller, a sci-fi fantasy or a throbbing romance – they may choose a novel about the world of business, with a besuited middle manager as its hero.
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The Greatest Hits of Samy Kamkar, YouTube’s Favorite Hacker | WIRED
Caption: Hacker Samy Kamkar in his workspace. Julian Berman for WIRED
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Billy Joel – We Didn’t Start the Fire (Official Video) – YouTube
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Hulu cancels The Awesomes · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Having finally surpassed its tolerance for boob-faced aliens and superhero sitcom tropes, Hulu has announced that it won’t be ordering another season of The Awesomes.
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Australia stands at a crossroads after the Paris agreement and a week of talk about being an innovation nation. This has been coming for some time and, as a successful energy entrepreneur, I think the choices facing the country could not be starker.
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Another potential stumbling block looms for Adani and plans to expand its Abbot Point coal port after conservationists flagged “material deficiencies” in an application for commonwealth approval before the environment minister, Greg Hunt.
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Online Commerce Needs An Offline Experience | TechCrunch
Here’s a funny reality. Despite the steady rise of e-commerce since the 1990s, we still stroll through malls and shops. Even with one-click ordering and overnight delivery, we purchase many of our day-to-day products and services locally and offline.
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Canadian Special Forces in Firefight With Islamic State Attackers Near Mosul | VICE News
Members of Canadian special forces traded fire with Islamic State militants and helped Kurdish fighters repel a heavy attack near the strategically-important city of Mosul overnight on Wednesday.
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BBC – Future – The secret codes you’re not meant to know
“Inspector Sands to the control room, please.” If you ever hear that at a British train station, don’t panic. But you might appreciate knowing that this is a codeword meant to inform staff that there is an emergency somewhere in the building.
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How Online Vigilantes Take Down Cheating Runners | Outside Online
Last month, the Marine Corps Marathon in Washington, D.C., issued a lifetime ban to a suspected serial cheater.
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Spain election: Podemos and Citizens push politics into unknown – BBC News
The power monopoly of Spain’s political heavyweights is set to take a hit as two new contenders fight for power in national elections on 20 December.
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These New Ghostbusters Character Posters Are Just Badass
The new Ghostbusters movie is still half a year away, but at least now we’re starting to get teased with some pretty sweet images. Yesterday, we saw our first official cast picture. Now feast your eyes on four posters, one for each of our new heroes.
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Syrians fear the civil war will last a generation – BBC News
It is exactly 5 years since the Arab Spring began – uprisings that swept from Tunisia to Egypt, from Libya to Syria but what started as a peaceful protest in Syria has ended in a brutal conflict which has displaced millions.
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Watching Goats Get Airlifted Is the Best Way to End Your Day
Airlifting wild animals is a time-honored tradition in the state of Idaho, where beavers were parachuting around in wooden boxes long before I was born. Nowadays, it’s mountain goats, which are possibly even worse suited for air travel.
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How to avoid ‘death by PowerPoint’ – BBC News
Most people who’ve endured a terrible PowerPoint presentation will have experienced boredom, followed by frustration, then anger that it took up an hour – or possibly even more – of their lives that they will never get back.
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How the Mast Brothers fooled the world into paying $10 a bar for crappy hipster chocolate – Quartz
Whether you’ve seen their beautifully wrapped bars for sale at Shake Shack or Rag & Bone, featured in the pages of the New York Times or Vogue, or decorating one of their New York, London, or soon, LA shops, Mast Brothers chocolate bars have become …
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Uninsured driver plows through gamer’s living-room wall and creams him mid-Fallout 4 / Boing Boing
Ben Rose was in the middle of a game of Fallout 4 when an uninsured driver in the parking lot outside his Irving, TX apartment building hit the accelerator instead of the breaks and crashed straight through another apartment, then through his living…
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He’s One Of 472 Who Died In A Matter Of Days
New Jersey bear hunt leads to the slaughter of over 470 black bears. https://t.co/JirlsTwibN https://t.co/dEGnud3Bva via /r/environment
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Vox Sentences: Why everyone is suddenly slamming Ted Cruz over immigration – Vox
Ted Cruz discovers momentum means everyone wants to take you down; you wanted to see Martin Shkreli arrested, and the FBI knew it; and, oh yeah, a $1.1T government funding bill. Vox Sentences is written by Dylan Matthews and Dara Lind.
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Two nephews of Venezuela’s powerful first lady have entered not guilty pleas to US cocaine-smuggling charges amid emotional scenes in a New York court. Efrain Campo, 29, appeared to be crying as he waited for the brief hearing at Manhattan federal c…
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Mers vaccine ‘a step closer’, say scientists – BBC News
An effective vaccine to protect against the Mers virus is a step closer, a report in the journal Science suggests. European scientists genetically modified a version of the smallpox vaccine to display Mers virus protein on its surface.
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Netflix made socks that know when you’ve fallen asleep while binge watching | The Verge
We can now place “sock technology innovator” on the list of credentials Netflix would like to be known for. The streaming service this week published a DIY guide to creating a pair of holiday-themed “smart” socks capable of detecting when you’ve fal…
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New Jersey bear hunt leads to the slaughter of over 470 black bears. : environment
New Jersey bear hunt leads to the slaughter of over 470 black bears. (thedodo.com)
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The Afflictions: a beautiful, gruesome, witty audiobook / Boing Boing
What happens when a scrappy independent press, an advertising copywriter with a sonorous baritone, and a physician-writer with a haunted imagination decide to make something together? An audiobook that’s sometimes beautiful, sometimes gruesome, witt…
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The Hollywood Reporter is declaring that Inherent Vice co-star Katherine Waterston has been cast in Alien: Covenant, or whatever the hell Ridley Scott is calling his Alien prequel/Prometheus sequel on this particular week.
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Migrant crisis: EU to prioritise new border force – BBC News
The EU will move rapidly towards setting up a new joint border and coastguard force over the next six months, EU leaders have said. It would have a stronger mandate than the current Frontex border agency, which suffers from a lack of resources.
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House Republicans introduce resolution expressing support for Christmas. Bold move there, sports!
You’ll likely be curious as to whether this newly introduced resolution is genuinely meant as response to Starbucks not putting reindeer on their coffee cups, or if that’s just the only thing the reporter can think of that might remotely pertain.
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Most Popular Featured Desktops and Home Screens of 2015
Every week, we feature customized desktops and home screens submitted by readers that show off beautiful wallpapers and great customization and UI tweaks. Sometimes they’re fun, sometimes they’re functional, and sometimes they’re both, but 2015 was …
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Panoramic shot gone wrong : pics
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New Order – Blue Monday 88 [OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO] – YouTube
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DJF Growth Cofounder Randy Glein on Today’s Late-Stage Market | TechCrunch
DFJ, the renowned Sand Hill Road Firm, is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. At the same time, its low-flying, later-stage offshoot, DFJ Growth, is turning 10.
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Brazil Supreme Court scraps President Rousseff impeachment commission – BBC News
In a major setback for Brazil’s opposition, the Supreme Court has scrapped a commission set up to deal with impeachment proceedings against President Dilma Rousseff. The court has also given more powers to the government-controlled Senate to block t…
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Pharma Bro Martin Shkreli Loses His Swagger in Court | Vanity Fair
For the first time in recent memory, Martin Shkreli, the brash pharmaceuticals C.E.O. who has faced charges of price gouging with a smirk and hare-trigger Twitter account, had nothing to say. It was just after three P.M.
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Israel-Turkey reach ‘understanding’ on restoring ties – BBC News
Israel and Turkey have reached a preliminary agreement on normalising relations, an Israeli official said. Ties broke down after the Israeli navy raided a flotilla bound for Gaza in 2010. Ten Turkish activists were killed.
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Chris Christie claimed he barred Syrian refugees, but there’s no such documents to be found
In November, during the peak of Republican bellicosity toward, sigh, war refugees, New Jersey governor and traffic manager Chris Christie declared himself entirely unwilling to subject his state to the dangers presented by preschool Syrian war orpha…
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Katherine Waterston Will Play the Lead in Ridley Scott’s Alien: Covenant
Ridley Scott’s latest entry in the Alien series has found its lead: Katherine Waterston, who was in Inherent Vice and Steve Jobs, and will soon star in the J.K. Rowling adaptation Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.
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11 Books That Will Change The Way You Experience Cities—Starting With Your Own
You might use an app or VR headset to explore your neighborhood these days, but books still win when it comes to truly understanding where we live—and how those places are changing. Here are 11 books published in 2015 that helped me to see and inter…
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Apple Highlights Relationship With IBM In Business Site Makeover | TechCrunch
Apple launched a redesigned version of its Mac in Business site this week as its love affair with IBM continued to develop. As the name implies, the site showcases Apple’s enterprise acumen and the new design focuses on Apple’s strengths in business.
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Facebook offers employees $10,000 to live close to the office | Technology | The Guardian
Facebook is offering employees at its Silicon Valley headquarters at least $10,000 to move closer to the office. The move is a reflection of the challenges many tech companies face in the increasingly expensive and congested San Francisco Bay area o…
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Tears for Fears – Everybody Wants to Rule the World – YouTube
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Beyond Netflix: Can small curated film sites survive in a big streaming world? — Hopes&Fears
If you offer it for instant streaming, an audience will come. That line of thinking informed the rise of Netflix, as well as Hulu and later Amazon Video, services which now threaten the established market dominance of movie theaters as well as cable…
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Sheldon and Amy Finally Have Sex on ‘The Big Bang Theory’ – The Daily Beast
Well now we know what that the “big bang” in the title is referring to. After more than five years of dating, Sheldon and Amy had sex on Thursday night’s episode of The Big Bang Theory.
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Dell Subsidiary SecureWorks Files To Go Public, Shows Ramping Losses | TechCrunch
Today Dell subsidiary SecureWorks filed to go public, showing expanding revenue, and ramping losses. Dell, then a public company, acquired SecureWorks in 2011 for a reported $612 million. TechCrunch reported in October that SecureWorks had filed for…
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Nicki Minaj’s Human- Rights Problem – The Daily Beast
Nicki Minaj—acclaimed rapper and Meek Mill handler—is set to perform for the family of Angola’s dictator this weekend. And human-rights activists are lobbying her to cancel the gig immediately.
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Solve the “Waited Too Long to Buy Gifts” Problem With This Strategy
Finding meaningful presents for everyone on your list isn’t always easy to do, especially if you’ve procrastinated too long. This simple method will make sure everyone at least gets a present for the holidays.
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That’s what President Obama said the nation is facing during his visit to a federal agency tasked with analyzing all U.S. intelligence on terrorism. He said although intelligence officials believe there is no credible threat against the U.
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‘Good progress’ at EU talks – Cameron – BBC News
This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version.
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“Unauthorized code” in Juniper firewalls decrypts encrypted VPN traffic | Ars Technica
An operating system used to manage firewalls sold by Juniper Networks contains unauthorized code that surreptitiously decrypts traffic sent through network virtual private networks, officials from the company warned Thursday. It’s not clear how the …
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Netflix invents socks that pause your video for you when you fall asleep · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Having taken the hard steps out of pretty much every facet of our entertainment-focused lives—feeding our binge holes with shows we’ve already seen, recommending new stuff to gorge upon, providing cover for our casual, chill-based hook-ups—Netflix i…
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Fox developing spooky drama about ghost therapists in New Orleans · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Mankind has always struggled with how to deal with the ever-present threat of ghosts. Busting them and hunting them never seems to work all that well, but maybe that’s because it’s the wrong approach. Maybe all the ghosts need is someone to talk to …
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When Correctional Officers Carry Shotguns, The Result is Death And Mayhem – The Huffington Post
In the solitary unit at High Desert State Prison in Nevada, the guards usually follow a simple practice: Never let two inmates out of their cells at once, because you never know what might go wrong.
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This Working Lightsaber Is Made Entirely Of Flames – Digg
1 digg Movies Curious Design While the movie lightsabers were build for swinging, this is intended more for stabbing. Stick around to the end to see Jar Jar lightsabered in effigy.
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Living Colour – Cult Of Personality – YouTube
Living Colour’s official music video for ‘Cult Of Personality’. Click to listen to Living Colour on Spotify: http://smarturl.it/LivColSpotify?IQid…As featured on Everything Is Possible – The Very Best of Living … http://smarturl.it/LCTVBiTunes?IQid
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NBA Player of the Year: Stephen Curry – SI.com
After leading Golden State to a franchise-record 67 wins and the franchise’s first NBA championship in 40 years, 2014–15 MVP Stephen Curry picked up this season right where he left off last June.
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What You Dream About May Depend on Your Sleeping Position | Van Winkle’s
I begin my night on my back and wake up on my left side, knees tucked up toward my chest in the morning. Only when I have a restless night do I ever wake up facing the right.
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Cat enjoys tearing up cardboard boxes, doesn’t care how long it takes, nope / Boing Boing
Crank it up and freak out your dogs, people! Anita Krajnc, of Toronto, was charged with criminal mischief when she gave drinking water to pigs being transported to a slaughterhouse on a hot day.
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David Schwimmer talking O.J. Simpson down from suicide inside Kim Kardashian’s childhood bedroom, as Simpson tearfully slumps below her Joey Lawrence poster, gun in hand, is not something we expected to see in our lifetimes.
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Hot Beauty Gifts: Candles | Vanity Fair
If you are truly stumped on what to give this holiday season, have no fear. You can never go wrong with a good candle, which makes one of the best hostess gifts! Here, we’ve gathered up some of our favorites—simply the best-smelling candles that wil…
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A Love Letter to George Lucas, From Fans in Line for Star Wars | Vanity Fair
For the fans waiting in line to see Star Wars: The Force Awakens– some of them since last week!—the arrival of a new Star Wars movie comes with mixed emotions. Yes, there’s a chance to revisit the characters that defined their childhoods . . .
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Oprah and Lee Daniels Wanted to Make This Sitcom Together | Vanity Fair
Years before Lee Daniels and Oprah would join forces on the big screen, with 2009’s drama Precious, the two creative titans considered teaming up for a television series that would have been markedly lighter fare.
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Hot Beauty Gifts: Stocking Stuffers | Vanity Fair
Fill those stockings with these amazing beauty stocking stuffers! From fun and festive makeup to aromatic scents and skin balms, to boot, we’ve got you covered with various options to make someone as giddy as a schoolgirl.
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Thousands of turtle hatchlings released into Amazon – BBC News
A hundred thousand turtle hatchlings have been released into the Amazon by Bolivia, to try to repopulate several endangered species of turtles.The country’s environment ministry said the purpose was to protect two species of turtles, the Podocnemis …
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All The Reasons Why Ash vs Evil Dead Is The Best New Show on Television
We’ve made no secret of our slobbering love for Ash vs Evil Dead, which has just three episodes left in its kick-ass first season. What will we do between January 2 and whenever season two starts? Well, we’ll binge-watch season one a lot …
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Bowe Bergdahl set to be arraigned on charges including desertion | US news | The Guardian
US army sergeant Bowe Bergdahl will be back in court next week for an appearance before a military judge in North Carolina.
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Secret US mission in Libya revealed after air force posted pictures | US news | The Guardian
Libya’s air force said 20 US soldiers arrived at Libya’s Wattiya airbase on Monday, but left soon after local commanders asked them to go because they had no permission to be at the base. It was unclear if another branch of the Libyan military had a…
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Tiny Homes Provide Shelter for Nashville Homeless | Al Jazeera America
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – It’s not every day you see houses towed behind pickup trucks, making their way through the center of town. But a few months ago, homes in Nashville, Tennessee began that journey, delivering security and shelter to those who needed…
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California Shooters’ Friend Charged With Terrorism | Al Jazeera America
The man who bought the assault rifles used by his friends in the San Bernardino massacre was charged Thursday with terrorism-related counts.
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On The Trail of An ISIS Suicide Bomber – The Daily Beast
ISTANBUL — Posing as passengers and staff of an overland bus rolling through Anatolia, 16 plainclothes police officers in Turkey shadowed a suspected ISIS suicide bomber bent on destroying the U.S. consulate in Istanbul before arresting him in the d…
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Meet the Real-life ‘golden Girls’ | Al Jazeera America
PORTLAND, Ore. – After Bonnie Moore got a divorce, she thought she’d have to give up her dream home for good. Instead, she got creative.
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Emoji version of The Force Awakens teaser trailer
YouTube user darman212 used iOS coding app Hopscotch and Final Cut Pro X to make a version of the Star Wars: The Force Awakens teaser trailer entirely out of emoji. BB-8 is a soccer ball with a bowl of ramen on his head!
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Federal prosecutors arrested on Thursday a friend of one of the San Bernardino shooters who investigators say purchased assault weapons that were used in the deadly attack this month.
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Orbital View: Where’d You Go, Jefferson Grid? – The Atlantic
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Progressives overwhelmingly back Sanders, 87% to 10% for Clinton : politics
NB: the 87% of people who are members of this particular progressive group support Bernie.
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Vine will now curate a channel of posts it thinks you’ll want to see | The Verge
It can be a pain for new users to find stuff on Twitter, so the company spent a big part of its year trying to show users things from people they don’t already follow. Now Vine, which is owned by Twitter, is trying to solve the same problem with a p…
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This is a Crazy-Ass Local City Council Meeting Rant of Supreme Excellence / Boing Boing
“Say my name. Arroyo Guzman.” “Did you know he had scratchy toilet paper? You go BUY toilet paper.” “I have TWO BOOBS, NOT SIX. But I have SIX BUTTS.” “Here is a monkey. And no, you don’t get it.
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Pentagon ‘to transfer 17 Guantanamo Bay prisoners’ – BBC News
The Pentagon plans the transfer of 17 Guantanamo Bay detainees in the coming weeks – a move that would cut the US prison’s population to 90, reports say. US media quote officials as saying Defence Secretary Ashton Carter has already told Congress ab…
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Friend Of San Bernardino Shooter Charged With Aiding Terror Plot : NPR
Enrique Marquez, a friend of San Bernardino, Calif., shooter Syed Farook, was charged Thursday with conspiring to provide support for terrorism. He also purchased two of the rifles used in the attack.
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The feds could sieze that Wu-Tang album from Martin Shkreli · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Having captured the internet’s affection with heartwarming stunts like imposing a massive price hike for drugs needed by AIDS patients and spending his hard-gouged money on the world’s most frivolous trip to the record store, Asshole Of The Year awa…
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When a Definition Makes a Forest Disappear : Image of the Day
In October 2015, researchers published new results showing that about 6 percent of the world’s forested area disappears from global maps when a forest is defined as an area with 30 percent tree cover, as opposed to 10 percent cover.
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Hear Ariana Grande’s Surprise-Released EP ‘Christmas & Chill’ | Rolling Stone
Ariana Grande gave fans an early Christmas present this year with her festive, surprise-released EP, Christmas & Chill. Stream the six new, original holiday songs below. According to her Twitter, Grande and her team wrote and recorded the EP in a we…
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See 5 Seconds of Summer’s Emotional ‘Jet Black Heart’ Video | Rolling Stone
See 5 Seconds of Summer’s Emotional ‘Jet Black Heart’ Video Power ballad’s clip was made with assistance from fans
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Violent Femmes Announce First LP in 15 Years, ‘We Can Do Anything’ | Rolling Stone
Violent Femmes will release their first full-length album in over 15 years, We Can Do Anything, on March 4th. We Can Do Anything follows 2000’s Freak Magnet and marks the group’s ninth LP. It was recorded in Brooklyn, Nashville, Los Angeles, Milwauk…
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The assassination two decades ago of , the warrior who became Israel’s peacemaking prime minister, has proved one of the most successful in history.
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Updated, 5:56 p.m. | One is the leader of a declining superpower that is trying to reassert itself militarily. The other wants to “make America great again.” And the two have a budding bromance that transcends the tense relationship between the two …
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The Funniest Commercials of 2015 – The Daily Beast
Gone are the days when commercials were the talk of the watercooler—or, rather, the reason everyone was shouting “Wahhzzzzzuupp?” at the watercooler—because gone are the days when people are forced to watch commercials.
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Make the Grieving Process Easier at Work by Being Upfront With Coworkers
Grieving the loss of a loved one is never easy, but it can be especially difficult when you have to get back to work. Being honest and upfront with your coworkers can make things a little easier for everyone.
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It turns out dreams do come true, provided you take out an ad declaring what your dream is in a popular trade publication that covers things relevant to your dream and that you’re OK with only some of the dream coming true. That’s what happened to E…
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Man lost at sea for a year sued for $1M over claims he ate his shipmate / Boing Boing
A man from El Salvador who survived over an entire year lost at sea is reportedly being sued for $1 million over accusations he ate the other occupant of his boat.
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Two quick hits from the world of Microsoft before you head off and plunge your upper body in eggnog: A new Windows 10 Mobile build is out for users on both the Fast and Slow rings of the Insider program, and, if you are a regular Windows Phone user …
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FCC questions T-Mobile, AT&T, and Comcast over free data programs | The Verge
The Federal Communications Commission has sent letters to T-Mobile, AT&T, and Comcast asking for information on programs that allow their customers to stream music, videos, or other content without having it count toward their data cap. The inquiry …
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Grease: Live will have a studio audience that’s part of the show | The Verge
Fox is entering the trendy “live musical event” sphere with its live production of Grease on January 31st, and it’s differentiating the show from NBC productions like The Sound of Music and The Wiz by incorporating a studio audience “in the multiple…
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US alternative to banned Russian rocket engine passes critical review | The Verge
Engine manufacturer Aerojet Rocketdyne announced today that its AR1 engine, which its building for the United Launch Alliance (ULA) — the military’s primary launch provider — has passed a major critical design review.
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The UN Completely Failed Sexually Abused Boys in the Central African Republic | VICE News
An independent review panel appointed by Secretary General Ban Ki Moon has found glaring and systematic failures in the organization’s handling of child sexual abuse allegations in the Central African Republic, which it called “seriously flawed.
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A Ukrainian Website Is Outing Russian Soldiers, and Moscow Wants Canada to Stop It | VICE News
Amid frosty relations, Ottawa is tackling a request from the Kremlin to go after a Ukrainian website, hosted in Canada, that is publishing identifying details of Russian soldiers fighting the Islamic State.
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Enrique Marquez, a neighbor and friend of one of the San Bernardino shooters, has been arrested in connection with the investigation, a law enforcement official confirmed to ABC News. The nature of the arrest and the charges that he faces were not i…
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MOSCOW — With his customary swagger and salty language, President Vladimir V. Putin held forth on a sweeping array of topics in his traditional year-end news conference on Thursday, even throwing in a glowing assessment of Donald J. Trump. Mr.
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Did George Orwell Borrow Animal Farm From a 19th Russian Author?
George Orwell had a known penchant for borrowing from other authors—his dystopian novel 1984 owes a clear debt to a number of works, including We by Yevgeny Zamyatin, for example. But did his other famous work, Animal Farm, also owe a huge debt to a…
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Comcast, AT&T, and T-Mobile must explain data cap exemptions to FCC | Ars Technica
The Federal Communications Commission has asked Comcast, AT&T, and T-Mobile USA to answer questions about their implementations of “zero-rating,” a practice that exempts certain types of content from customers’ data caps.
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Legal Ways to Acquire that Wu-Tang Album That Don’t Involve Bill Murray | Motherboard
There is only one copy of Once Upon a Time in Shaolin, the newest Wu-Tang album, and it’s owned by Martin Shkreli, the “pharma-bro” best known for hiking up the price of a HIV drug by 5000 percent who was arrested on Thursday for securities fraud.
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Brazil Suspended WhatsApp, Violating Net Neutrality and Common Sense | Motherboard
Wednesday evening, Brazilians were caught off guard with the news that WhatsApp would be suspended for 48 hours throughout the country. As if that wasn’t bizarre enough, the media never really revealed the reason behind the service’s interruption. S…
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Vine Gets A Personalized Channel Just For You | TechCrunch
If you’re a Vine user then you know that finding new clips can be difficult. I rely mostly on my network to surface really funny Loops, but the team wants to make it easier for you. Our home feeds on Vine are filled with posts from the accounts we f…
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The financial concepts presented in the movie The Big Short are numerous and complicated.
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Exposure to Nature May Reduce Crime, Strengthen Communities | New Republic
As urbanization, population growth and the rampant destruction of the natural world increase, human beings have become more and more isolated from nature—and at a significant cost.
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Niger coup plot foiled – President Mahamadou Issoufou – BBC News
Niger’s President Mahamadou Issoufou has said his government has foiled a plot to overthrow him. Mr Issoufou said the plotters planned to use “aerial firepower” to unseat him, in comments made on state TV.
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Police Are Putting GPS Trackers in Every Object You Can Imagine – Mic
Dallas Police Sergeant James Johnson first started playing around with bait cars when he was working on auto theft cases for the DPD. Over the past decade, the department rigged vehicles with GPS trackers and set them up to be stolen.
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Know When Your Sauce Has Reduced Enough With a Jury Stick
Knowing when your sauce or other liquid has reduced enough can be a tricky thing to gauge. With a jury stick, you can check in a matter of seconds. Reduction, the process of heating a liquid to thicken or intensify its flavor, is something you usual…
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New Orleans City Council ditches its Confederate past
The New Orleans City Council voted today to remove four Confederate statutes located throughout the city. The council, which voted six to one in favor, has been on the issue since July. Naturally, this issue has caused divisiveness in the city.
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Marine Le Pen’s Gruesome Twitter War – The Daily Beast
PARIS — Marine Le Pen flipped out on Twitter this morning.
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Martin Shkreli, the notorious, price-gouging “pharma bro” who became a widely despised symbol for soaring drug prices earlier this year, was released on a $5 million bail Thursday afternoon after pleading not guilty to running a Ponzi-like securitie…
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Here’s How Elon Musk Wants to Punish Volkswagen for Cheating | VICE News
A group of green tech investors is urging California regulators to hand down a kind of alternative sentence for auto giant Volkswagen over its effort to dodge pollution controls: Make it build more electric cars.
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Babes in Toyland’s Maureen Herman’s most memorable Christmases / Boing Boing
[My friend Maureen Herman, former bassist of Babes in Toyland is currently writing her first book, It’s a Memoir, Motherfucker, due out 2017. Maureen posted this to Facebook, and she kindly gave me permission to run it on Boing Boing. – Mark] We got…
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FBI: We Did Not Seize Shkreli’s Wu-Tang Album | TechCrunch
In the latest episode of “holy shit, how is this guy not in jail…oh, he is…cool”, the FBI was forced to make a statement about today’s arrest of Martin Shkreli for securities fraud.
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The winners of the 2015 Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards
Because I hate fun, cute and funny animal photos are something I don’t usually get excited about. But I will make an exception just this once for the inaugural Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards. (via colossal)
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Anyone looking for an eye-pleasing Christmas light display meticulously timed to the music of, say, Frozen or the Trans-Siberian Orchestra can easily find such material on YouTube. But that’s pedestrian, played out, old hat.
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NOAA hands over some e-mails for Congressman’s subpoena | Ars Technica
Over the past couple months, there’s been an ongoing battle between Congressman Lamar Smith (R-Tex.), chair of the House Science Committee, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
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FDA will let eggless Just Mayo stay ‘mayo’ – with a few small label changes | US news | The Guardian
Just Mayo says it will get to keep its name, a decision that caps a rollercoaster year for the vegan spread that has rattled the egg industry.
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Sports Coverage Of Sexual Assault Has A Gender Bias Problem | ThinkProgress
U.S. print media’s coverage of campus rape and sexual assault is “significantly skewed toward the bylines and voices of men,” particularly when it comes to sports, according to a new report from the Women’s Media Center.
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About a month ago, Martin Shkreli, the pharmaceutical entrepreneur who was arrested on Thursday, began live-streaming himself on YouTube, sometimes for 10 hours or more at a time, as he worked, played video games, strummed a guitar and, occasionally…
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Look for ‘Jupiters’ to Find Solar Systems Like Ours
This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Live Science’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights.
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Well, this is similar to how ISPs block botnets. Botnets, the most common form of malware these days, have a command-channel back to the hacker that controls all the bots in the network. ISPs try to block the IP address and/or DNS name in order to b…
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Google Self-Driving Car’s Chris Urmson On California DMV: “Same Old Status Quo” | TechCrunch
Yesterday, the California DMV posted a draft of proposed regulations for self-driving vehicles. Obviously, Google was waiting to see what came down and now that they’ve had some time to look through it all, their head of the Self-Driving unit, Chris…
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Growing parasite threat to finches made famous by Darwin – BBC News
The birds that helped Charles Darwin refine his theory of evolution are in danger of going extinct, according to a new study. Finches in the Galapagos Islands are being threatened by a parasitic fly that attacks their young.
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New ten-part series on surveillance & corruption from creator of Aaron Swartz doc / Boing Boing
Brian Knappenberger, the documentarian who created The Internet’s Own Boy, a beautiful documentary about Aaron Swartz, has announced a new ten-part documentary series called “Truth and Power,” which will show on Pivot.
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Could This Be The Most Important Easter Egg in The Force Awakens? (Probably Not.)
For months, we have pored over every screenshot, every glimpse of footage, and every toy package relating to Star Wars: The Force Awakens. But did we miss the Kurt Vonnegut shout-out? Or are we just seeing things?
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Martin Shkreli is the symptom, not the problem – Vox
I don’t exactly want to defend Martin Shkreli. But I’m a bit taken aback by the force of the internet’s hatred for the man. And it makes me want to treat the allegations against him — and they are, still, just allegations — with caution. A few thoug…
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Selected Star Wars Toys of Mine, Ranked
I saw Star Wars in the movie theater in 1977, the summer before I turned six. Then I saw it again, and again, and again. Pace Joseph Campbell, the mythology of my childhood was structured around the movie, rather than vice versa. So my parents’ atti…
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Canada’s War on Drugs in the Caribbean Had a Very Good Year | VICE News
Unbeknownst to some, Canada has been waging a war on cocaine traffickers in the Caribbean — and it just netted a record haul.
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King Tut’s Mask Back on Display After Beard Repairs
The mask’s elongated beard snapped off while museum staff worked on the display in August 2014. An attempt to restore the royal beard with epoxy followed. The latest conservation efforts began in October 2015.
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How Do They Do That? A Closer Look at Quantum Magnetic Levitation – Scientific American
For three years as an undergraduate physics student performing at science magic shows and open houses, I convinced students (and sometimes their parents) that I was some kind of magician by levitating a small cube-shaped magnet.
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View of Exploding Star Appears, Right on Cue
Like cosmic clairvoyants, scientists predicted precisely where and when to see a distant star blow itself to bits—and caught the explosion in action on December 11. What’s more, this isn’t the first time astronomers have watched the same star blow i…
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Play the mobile puzzle game Threes for free in your browser | The Verge
Threes, one of the best-looking and deceptively difficult puzzle games on mobile, is now available as a free web game starting today. Co-creator Asher Vollmer worked with designer and developer Sven Bergström to bring Threes to the browser, and the …
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FBI: we don’t have the Wu-Tang album, leave us alone | The Verge
According to a tweet by FBI New York, the Federal Bureau of Investigation did not seize the new Wu-Tang Clan album. How this tweet came to be is one of the stranger stories of recent months.
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Google strikes back against California’s proposal to limit self-driving cars | The Verge
The head of Google’s self-driving car project rebuked the state of California today for a proposal that would constrain the company’s efforts.
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Broadway has had a pretty good run of truly innovative and inspiring big-budget hits in the past few years.
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Ford has big bows, and Hyundai has big bows, but Lexus has the biggest bows of them all. Every holiday season brings a new round of car commercials in which shiny new automobiles are given as gifts, complete with Brobdingnagian bows on top.
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Facebook starts letting brands live stream | The Verge
Facebook is expanding its live streaming service by rolling it out to verified Pages. The continued growth of Facebook Live follows the company’s confirmation that it believes videos will ultimately take over the platform.
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The tax extender bill, explained – Vox
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The House of Representatives just voted on a massive package of tax breaks that are estimated to cost about $680 billion over 10 years. -
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Taking The Genome Further In Healthcare | TechCrunch
Collecting genome data is reliable, fast and cheap. Yet, interpreting that data is unreliable, slow, and expensive — when it’s even possible. Today, genome interpretation is a burgeoning science, but it’s not yet a technology.
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io9 The Best and Worst Television Moments of 2015 | Kotaku The Biggest Video Game Disappointments Of 2015 | Deadspin How Cam Newton Became The Dominant Force In Football | The Muse Popular TV Shows We Stopped Watching in 2015, For Reasons Like ‘They…
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Why the US Military’s Plans for a Death Star Collapsed | Motherboard
This story originally appeared on War Is Boring. A long time ago in an era much like ours, the United States poured billions into its “Star Wars” missile defense program.
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Researchers Who Uncovered VW Dieselgate Are Now Accusing Mercedes and BMW | Motherboard
Was Volkswagen alone in cheating on diesel emissions tests? The researchers who initially uncovered Dieselgate now allege that’s not the case. A team of scientists led by chemist Axel Friedrich presented the results of a new emissions analysis earli…
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This unprecedented celebration features celebrated writers and activists of today channeling iconic Nation voices from the past plus music and comedy.
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Christian McBride’s Christmas Jazz Playlist : NPR
Maybe you are one of those people who could listen to the umpteenth version of “Baby, It’s Cold Outside.” A jazz bassist and host of Jazz Night In America, Christian McBride has a soft spot for the holiday music time forgot.
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In America’s Heartland, Building One Home For Three Faiths : NPR
It sounds like the set-up to a joke — but it’s not. It’s actually happening in Omaha, Neb. The Tri-Faith Initiative may be the first place in history where these three monotheistic faiths have built together, on purpose, with the intention of workin…
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The Breitling Exospace B55 Is The Latest Luxury Smartwatch | TechCrunch
Breitling, maker of fine watches for people who fly airplanes (or would like to fly airplanes), has just released the Exospace B55, a smartwatch that can relay messages from your phone and includes a high-end quartz movement with advanced timing fea…
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Spider-Man Scripter David Koepp Will Write the Modern Bride of Frankenstein Remake
We’ve written about Universal’s hoped-for dream casting of Angelina Jolie Pitt in the Bride of Frankenstein remake.
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LifeLock ID protection service to pay record $100 million for failing customers | Ars Technica
Today the Federal Trade Commission announced that identity protection company LifeLock will pay $100 million for playing fast and loose with its customers’ sensitive information, including names, social security numbers, credit card numbers, and ban…
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Q&A: ‘With climate change, there’s no going back’ | Al Jazeera America
In “When the Water Took the Land,” “Fault Lines” travels to Alaska to examine the costs of climate change, as rising temperatures fuel the erosion of people’s lands and lives. The film airs on Sunday, Dec. 20, at 9 p.m. Eastern time/6 p.m. Pacific o…
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Hacker hacks off Tesla with claims of self-driving car | Ars Technica
Yesterday, Bloomberg Business published a story about a San Francisco hacker who claims to have built his own self-driving car in just a few months. George Hotz, who was the first person to hack the iPhone, has modified his Acura ILX and taught it t…
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Watchdog Slams US Media Over Refugee Crises | Al Jazeera America
The Ethical Journalism Network, based in the United Kingdom, reviewed U.S. and international media coverage in 2015 in selected countries, including Lebanon, Britain, the United States and Turkey, on stories such as the EU refugee crisis, the Rohing…
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Was That Steak Raised In The U.S.A.? Soon, It’ll Be Hard To Know : The Salt : NPR
An attachment to the last-minute spending proposal going before Congress this week would end a six-year trade dispute between the U.S. and Canada. If it’s passed, as seems likely, the omnibus budget bill would repeal a law called COOL that requires …
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Who Is ‘Pharma Bro’ Martin Shkreli? – The Atlantic
The arrival of Martin Shkreli into the discourse of 2015 has had all the hallmarks of a super-moon or some other semi-rare phenomenon requiring the perfect alignment of nature’s forces.
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Use a Raspberry Pi Zero to Make Your Own Miniature Information Display
The Raspberry Pi Zero’s best feature is its size, and DIYer Frederick Vandenbosch took advantage of that by using the Zero as a tiny little information display. The idea here is to simply create a little information display powered by the Zero that’…
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While Asia Grabs the Headlines, This Region’s Illegal Wildlife Trade Is Also Booming | VICE News
When it comes to newsworthy stories about the illegal wildlife industry, Chinese demand for ivory or rhino horn tends to grab headlines. But often overlooked is American demand for illegal goods, which is fueling an enormous amount of wildlife traff…
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INNOVATE2016: Who Won The Republican Debate In Las Vegas? | TechCrunch
While it was difficult to determine winners, I thought Trump performed poorly – although judging from the enormous crowds surrounding The Donald in the spin room, you’d think he’d just won the Presidency. Spin, spin, spin.
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Best FOIA ever: Asking FBI to get that coveted Wu-Tang Clan LP from Martin Shkreli / Boing Boing
Andrew Wiseman, sir: you win the day. You, sir, seriously win the day.
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Science fares relatively well in new budget agreement | Ars Technica
Yesterday, Congressional negotiators released a budget agreement that is likely to be signed by the president if it could pass both houses.
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Russell Brand Takes on Dirty Politics in ‘The Emperor’s New Clothes’ – The Daily Beast
For as long as there has been celebrity activism, there has been scrutiny and suspicion over its motives. They’re just doing it for attention, they’re millionaires who want to feel better about themselves, they’re trying to improve their brand—we’ve…
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Evernote is killing its Pebble app and all versions of Skitch except for Mac | The Verge
Evernote’s doing some thinning of its software offerings today. The company has announced that early next year, it’ll be discontinuing Evernote for Pebble, every version of Skitch except for the OS X app, and its Clearly web extension.
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A huge new image of Pluto shows off a possible ice volcano | The Verge
Humanity arrived at Pluto in July, when the New Horizons spacecraft completed its 3 billion mile journey to the distant dwarf planet. But since last week, the team has been downloading a set of what are the highest resolution images that we’ll ever …
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Here’s Apple’s new marketing exec singing a parody of ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’ | The Verge
As part of a number of key executive changes today, Apple CEO Tim Cook has named Tor Myhren as vice president of marketing communications.
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Feeling the Force of a 3-D Printed Rocket Engine Test – YouTube
A GoPro camera feels the force of 20,000 pounds of thrust during a test of 3-D engine rocket components tested together. http://www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall/…
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Oil Industry Ups And Downs Price Out Longtime Residents Of Fracking Towns : NPR
The sudden ups and downs of the oil and gas industry can feel like whiplash for rural communities seeing an influx of workers. Affordable housing has been a challenge.
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Choral Groups Honor Composer Alice Parker On 90th Birthday : NPR
Composer, conductor and teacher Alice Parker turned 90 on Wednesday. She made her name as the primary arranger for the Robert Shaw Chorale for some 20 years.
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U.N. Security Council Investigates Crack Down On ISIS Funding Streams : NPR
The U.N. Security Council meets for the first time on the subject of how to clamp down on the various ways ISIS raises money — from oil sales to extortion.
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How A Russian Helicopter Pilot Survived After Crashing In The Arctic : NPR
NPR’s Ari Shapiro talks to Sergey Ananov about his attempt to fly around the world in a solo helicopter weighing less than a ton. He shares his story of survival after crashing in Arctic waters.
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Privacy Advocates Sound Alarm On Cybersecurity Provision In Spending Bill : NPR
One of the provisions attached to the $1.1 trillion spending bill allows companies to share their customers’ data with other companies and the government. Backers of the measure say it will help fight cyber attacks.
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Year-End Budget Deal Lifts Ban On American Oil Exports : NPR
NPR’s Ari Shapiro interviews Jason Bordoff, professor and founding director at the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University. He was also the former White House energy advisor to President Obama.
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This Holiday Season, Brazilians Turn To Satire In Troubled Times : NPR
The president is being impeached, the economy is in a great recession, jobs are scarce. This holiday season Brazilians have little to be happy about. But as one observer says, it’s better to laugh than cry, and all the bad news is causing an explosi…
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Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’ Becomes First 30-Times Multi-Platinum Album : NPR
The Michael Jackson album Thriller — which was released in 1982 — became the first album in history to reach the 30-times multi-platinum level this week. That means over 30 million copies have been sold in the U.S.
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Prosecutors Consider Retrial For Baltimore Officer Charged In Freddie Gray Death : NPR
The mistrial in the first case in the death of Freddie Gray has left Baltimore residents shocked, disappointed, and still deeply distrustful of the justice system.
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Pharmaceutical CEO Martin Shkreli Arrested On Securities Fraud Charges : NPR
The young man who caused a huge controversy by trying to jack up the price of a life-saving drug is in the news again. Martin Shkreli was arrested Thursday morning on charges of securities fraud.
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At Counterterrorism Center, Obama Reassures Americans About Security Threat : NPR
President Obama visited the National Counterterrorism Center Thursday for a pre-holiday briefing on security precautions.
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In The Maine Woods, A Towering Giant Could Help Save Chestnuts : The Salt : NPR
Thanks to Nat King Cole, it’s hard not think of chestnuts without conjuring an image of them “roasting on an open fire, Jack Frost nipping at your nose.” But these days, you’ll be hard-pressed to find anyone roasting American chestnuts over an open …
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Casino Magnate Sheldon Adelson Revealed As Buyer of Las Vegas Paper : NPR
NPR previously reported on the investigation into who bought The Las Vegas Review-Journal. Billionaire casino magnate Sheldon Adelson purchased the paper for $140 million, his family confirmed in a statement Thursday.
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Walter Leonard, Pioneer Of Affirmative Action At Harvard, Dies At 86 : NPR
NPR’s Ari Shapiro and Harvard University President Emeritus Derek Bok remember Walter Leonard. Leonard helped pioneer affirmative action for Harvard University, a model that rippled across other colleges in the country. He died this week at the age …
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Cruz-Rubio Immigration Battle Dates Back To 2013 Bill : NPR
During the GOP presidential debate Tuesday night, Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio spat about immigration, an argument that dates back to a 2013 debate when the two men were freshman senators.
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The Batman v Superman Marketing Needs to Stop Pretending Lex Luthor Is a Real Person
I cannot emphasize the scare quotes around “viral” enough. Even when it actually is the case that something gains inexplicable popularity through pure serendipity, adding the word “marketing” gives it a whole new level of misery. Saying “viral marke…
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When Elon Musk goes to Mars, he won’t be troubled by planetary protection | Ars Technica
A lot of scientists and engineers who study Mars worry about planetary protection, the concern that biospheres on other worlds might be contaminated by microbes from Earth.
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Superman: American Alien’s Take On Teen Clark Kent Is Refreshingly Human
Superman is having a rough time in comics lately.
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How Computers Help Biologists Hack Life’s Secrets | New Republic
Once the three-billion-letter-long human genome was sequenced, we rushed into a new “omics” era of biological research.
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Read: Martin Shkreli’s indictment for security fraud – Vox
Martin Shkreli, the drug company executive who shot to fame for arbitrarily increasing the cost of lifesaving drugs, was arrested for securities fraud today.
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Justin Bieber and Drake’s Dad Are Up to . . . Something | Vanity Fair
Justin Bieber and Drake have been buddies for a while now. (We will be holding a Blog Post Topic Sentences class this afternoon by the Astor Place Starbucks.) They comment on each other’s Instagrams, cover each other’s songs, and have collaborated o…
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Filipino retiree turns home into library – Al Jazeera English
Manila – The Philippines has one of the highest literacy rates in Asia, with 97.5 percent of its estimated 100 million population able to read and write. Despite being able to read and write, however, many children drop out of school to support thei…
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Turkey detains ISIL suspects carrying fake passports – Al Jazeera English
Turkish authorities say they have detained two suspected Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group members carrying at least 150 fake passports. The pair, a Syrian and a Turk, flew in from Europe, according to officials, and was detained at …
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In the War of Music vs. Terror, Bet on Music | Vanity Fair
A few weeks after 9/11, I took the artist and actress Anna Deavere Smith to a U2 concert at Madison Square Garden. She was not really a rock fan and did not know much about U2, but, like me, she was looking for a little communion with fellow New Yor…
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Leonardo DiCaprio Explains Why He Ate Actual Raw Bison Liver for The Revenant | Vanity Fair
This past October, while describing the extreme lengths to which he went while filming The Revenant, Leonardo DiCaprio volunteered, somewhat nonchalantly, that he ate raw bison liver.
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Why Is The True Story of David O. Russell’s Joy Such a Mystery? | Vanity Fair
David O. Russell’s latest film, Joy, opens with the dedication, “Inspired by the true stories of daring women. One in particular.
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Deadly air strikes ‘hit residential areas’ in Raqqa – Al Jazeera English
At least 21 civilians have been killed and 11 wounded in suspected Russian air strikes in the city of Raqqa in northern Syria, Al Jazeera has learnt.
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What Makes Carly Rae Jepsen A Pop Star
Carly Rae Jepsen built her career crafting fantasies that other people either believed in or wished they did, and she’s always coming up with new ones for herself.
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UN failed to respond to sex abuse claims in CAR: report – Al Jazeera English
A new report has condemned the UN for failing to respond to allegations of child abuse against peacekeepers in the Central African Republic (CAR).
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Bad Lip Reading has toured throughout this galaxy of pop culture, whether it’s the smooth melodies of The Walking Dead’s zombie apocalypse, the concussive jibberish of the NFL, or the redneck nuttiness of The Avengers.
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Copied Is a Fully Featured Clipboard Manager for iOS with All Kinds of Shortcuts
iOS: Generally speaking, clipboard managers aren’t really necessary for most of us on desktops, but they are pretty useful on smartphones and tablets. Copied is one of the better options out there with a ton of features that make copying and pasting…
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Disneyland and Disney World ban all Star Wars blasters · Newswire · The A.V. Club
In a move that is a blatant infringement on the rights granted to us by the second space-amendment, Disney has banned all Star Wars blasters from Disneyland and Disney World.
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Is climate change on the hook for this wacky December weather? | Grist
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This Star Wars Fan Made a Lightsaber Out of Flame | Motherboard
Welcome to Star Wars month, everyone, it’s going to be a long road filled with spoilers, polarized opinions (opinions are ALSO spoilers!), lightsaber-fied Facebook profile pictures, and probably a hundred different homemade takes on the series’ icon…
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No, lettuce is not worse for the climate than bacon | Grist
A frustrated expat writes back home to Ask Umbra how his radiators work. Though she’s no building super, she is a super-sleuth — and she tracks down an answer to help him keep his cool.
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This Is Why the Feds Arrested Martin Shkreli | Motherboard
Investigators revealed more information Thursday afternoon about the arrest of Martin Shkreli, the millionaire pharmaceutical CEO who drew public rage this year for acquiring an HIV treatment drug and then jacking up the price.
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Rajon Rondo, Gay-Bashing, and the Beautiful Response to an Ugly Hate Crime | The Nation
On December 3rd in Mexico City, a hate crime took place on an NBA court.
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Outlook “letterbomb” exploit could auto-open attacks in e-mail | Ars Technica
One of a heaping collection of critical bug fixes pushed out by Microsoft on December 8 as part of the company’s monthly “Patch Tuesday” was an update to the Microsoft Office suite designed to close a vulnerability that would allow an attacker to sn…
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EU to Spend $2 Billion on Tackling Migration From Africa | VICE News
The European Union announced on Wednesday the first part of its $2 billion plan aimed at stemming the flow of irregular migration and forced displacement from Africa, part of an effort to tackle an unprecedented flow of migration to Europe that has …
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Those were the words scrawled across a letter delivered to Masjid Muhammad in Washington, DC earlier this month.
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ALBANY — Of all the punishments meted out upon prisoners in solitary confinement, the most unsavory may well be a misshapen one-pound brick of cuisine. It goes by various names — Nutraloaf and Disciplinary Loaf, among them — and the ingredients can …
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Dr. Ben Carson: Republicans have a ‘mental disorder’
Never let it be said that conservative hero and Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson doesn’t know his Republican base. If he says Republican voters have a “mental disorder,” we should all believe him.
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Fixed-Gear Prospectors – The Awl
A few weeks ago, on one of the few truly cold days this fall or winter, members of New York City’s real estate industry gathered at the Brooklyn Library for the sixth annual Brooklyn Real Estate Summit. The networking breakfast was hosted by a compa…
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The rise, infamy, and downfall of “pharma bro” Martin Shkreli, explained – Vox
The rise, infamy, and downfall of “pharma bro” Martin Shkreli, explained https://t.co/r8AdeP3GDH https://t.co/cmxaekfYX6
Martin Shkreli became one of the most hated men on the internet back in September when he raised the price of an essential drug, Daraprim, more than 5,000 percent. Shkreli seemed to revel in his notoriety, firing taunts right back at people who atta… -
BBC Sport – Jose Mourinho sacked: Players not to blame – Chelsea director
Chelsea’s players were not to blame for manager Jose Mourinho being sacked, according to the club’s technical director Michael Emenalo. The Blues are one point above the relegation zone after losing nine of their first 16 Premier League matches game…
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Venezuelan first lady’s nephews deny US drug trafficking charges – BBC News
Two nephews of Venezuela’s first lady have pleaded not guilty to drug trafficking charges at a court in New York. Efrain Campo Flores and Francisco Flores de Freitas were arrested by undercover American agents in Haiti in November and taken to the U…
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Behold, the catalog of cellphone spying gear the feds don’t want you to see | Ars Technica
A secret catalog of cellphone spying gear has been leaked to The Intercept, reportedly by a person inside the intelligence community who is concerned about the growing militarization of domestic law enforcement. Among the 53 items is the now-familia…
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Windows 10 Mobile upgrade won’t hit older phones until 2016 | Ars Technica
Microsoft has just released another new build for Windows 10 Mobile users in the Insider Preview program, but it comes with some bad news. Back in October, users of existing Windows Phone 8 and 8.1 handsets were promised that the Windows 10 update w…
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Video memories, storytelling, and Star Wars spoilers | Ars Technica
There are no Star Wars spoilers in this piece. Read without fear, but beware of clicking any of the links presented herein. I haven’t seen Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens.
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The Kremlin Asks Canada to Take Down Info Identifying Pilots Bombing the Islamic State | VICE News
Amid frosty relations, Ottawa is tackling a request from the Kremlin to go after a Canadian website publishing identifying details of Russian fighter pilots bombing the Islamic State.
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Here’s the problem with trying to say the WNBA needs to be sexier – Vox
Former NBA player Gilbert Arenas posted a video on Instagram Wednesday of two women in underwear playing basketball, declaring, “NOW this is what America was hoping for when they announced the #WNBA back in 1996, not a bunch of chicks running around…
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How did Reuters get that shot of Martin Shkreli’s perp-walk? / Boing Boing
Early this morning, FBI agents arrested pharma-hedge-douche Martin Shkreli for securities fraud at his apartment in NYC; Reuters photographers were on-hand at the arrest to photograph his “perp-walk” in handcuffs.
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Pizza Hut has its own, ill-advised “hip” clothing line now · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Pizza Hut wants its customers to know that it’s totally down with the kids. That’s why it’s recently launched its own hideous line of pizza-themed apparel, featuring five-panel hats, “hilarious” hoodies, and pizza-print yoga leggings.
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Now live: The Serial Serial, “19 Days In Shit Pants” · The Serial Serial · The A.V. Club
Just like Serial, The A.V. Club’s own The Serial Serial returned last week, proudly coasting along on the waning crest of a much better surfer’s wave.
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MRA Dilbert says what Scott Adams is actually thinking · Great Job, Internet! · The A.V. Club
A while ago, Scott Adams ignited a bit of a firestorm by making outrageous claims about the roles of men and women in the workplace.
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Martin Shkreli arrested on charges of securities fraud – Vox
Martin Shkreli arrested on charges of securities fraud https://t.co/ny6DX3BDZu https://t.co/mbpFlLtFtZ
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Why wasn’t San Bernardino prevented? The hard truth that no one wants to admit. – Vox
Why wasn’t San Bernardino prevented? The hard truth that no one wants to admit. https://t.co/0VXxRuLKlh https://t.co/STjxKyq9TJ
In October 2013, an American man named Syed Rizwan Farook traveled to Saudi Arabia to meet a Pakistani woman who lived there named Tashfeen Malik. They had connected on a dating website and, after exchanging some messages, decided to meet in person. -
Devils, Deals and the DEA – ProPublica
For 14 months, the first thing Dave Herrod, a special agent with the Drug Enforcement Administration, did every morning was boot up his laptop and begin tracking a 43-foot yacht with Dock Holiday painted on the stern.
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Gillete Sues Dollar Shave Club For Alleged Patent Infringement | TechCrunch
Gillette announced today that it has filed suit against Dollar Shave Club, seeking both damages and an injunction to stop the startup from selling razors that use allegedly infringing technology.
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Democracy for America, Communications Workers Union Endorse Bernie Sanders | The Nation
Candidates seek election-season endorsements for a lot of reasons. Endorsements by groups with substantial membership bases, and with a capacity to turn out those members for favored candidates, have the obvious potential to shape election results. …
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San Bernardino gunman friend ‘arrested’ – BBC News
This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version.
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Get hammered with jazz great Charles Mingus’s Egg Nog recipe / Boing Boing
Jazz pioneer Charles Mingus (1922-1979) had a secret recipe for eggnog that by all accounts was delicious, and incredibly potent. He shared the recipe with biographer Janet Coleman who published it in her book Mingus/Mingus: Two Memoirs. Here’s the …
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Decriminalization of Marijuana in Delaware | Al Jazeera America
The possession of small amounts of marijuana becomes legal starting Friday in Delaware, which joins 18 other states that have removed criminal penalties for carrying the drug.
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Supermodel Bar Refaeli Is in Legal Trouble Because of Her Free Cars | Vanity Fair
Trouble in Israel! Oh, uh, wait, no, not that kind of trouble, jeez, no, sorry. It’s just that Bar Refaeli, known supermodel and onetime main squeeze of master pretender Leonardo DiCaprio, is under investigation for tax evasion in Israel.
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This Crazy Belgian Law Allowed One of the Paris Terrorists to Escape | Mother Jones
A case of deadly international terrorism wasn’t enough to convince Belgian police to make an exception to an unusual law that appears to have prevented them from arresting one of the suspects in the Paris attacks.
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Break out the acid! Trippy animal band from 70s kids’ show covers ‘The Sweet’|Dangerous Minds
The Sweet and The Animal Kwackers In addition to the acid, you might want to grab ahold of all of your stash before you watch this crazy, somewhat terrifying clip from a children’s television show broadcast on Yorkshire TV in the UK in the mid 70s c…
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How Did Basketball End Up With Four Versions (And Counting) Of One Stat? | FiveThirtyEight
Quick — which NBA player is most integral to his team’s offense? Which player shoulders the biggest offensive burden? And to what degree are those questions even equivalent?
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Marine Le Pen Faces 5 Years in Prison for Tweeting Photos of Islamic State Killings | VICE News
French National Front (FN) leader Marine Le Pen has removed a gruesome photograph of slain US journalist James Foley from her Twitter account, less than 24 hours after posting three graphic images of Islamic State (IS) victims.
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Facebook Friends Feed for Chrome Hides the Weird “Your Friend Liked…” Posts
Chrome: Facebook loves to show you a ton of information you don’t care about. The worst offender of this is the “so-and-so liked some article” post that has nothing to do with your friend or pages you follow. Facebook Friends Feed gets rid of those …
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As lawmakers scurried to keep the government open and head home for the holidays, they wrapped spending and tax deals into a costly measure that highlighted our nation’s mismatched energy policies.
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Angry blacksmith takes on 9/11 truthers
One of the most persistent “facts” used by 9/11 truthers is that burning jet fuel can’t generate the temperatures necessary to melt steel beams, therefore something other than airplanes crashing into the WTC towers brought them down, therefore the U…
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SyFy’s Magicians Is a Perfect Counterpoint To Television’s Epic Fantasies
Last night, SyFy aired the pilot to its /other/ show based on a recent novel, Lev Grossman’s The Magicians. While the rest of the show will be airing in January, the pilot gives us an idea of how the network has adapted the show for cable television…
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Most Americans probably hadn’t heard the phrase “mortgage-backed securities” until around 2008, when the subprime-mortgage crisis erupted and sent the U.S. financial system into chaos.
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Why the ‘Hamilton’ Cast Recording Is the Best Album of 2015 – The Atlantic
Hamilton initially began as “The Hamilton Mixtape,” a collection of songs about the man whom Lin-Manuel Miranda memorably christened the “10-dollar founding father without a father” at the White House in 2009. It then blossomed into a hugely success…
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When I Was Nine—Thoughts About Star Wars From The Atlantic’s Alan Taylor – The Atlantic
Movie listings for June 29, 1977 from my hometown newspaper in Spokane, Washington. This is what I saw when trying to find out when and where the movie would be playing.
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The Environmental Toll of Warming Lakes That Release Methane – The Atlantic
You hear a lot about the problems posed by warming oceans: sea-level rise, habitat disruption, globe-spanning die-offs of coral. What you hear less of is how climate change is affecting the world’s lakes, though new research suggests we should start…
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Christian College Suspends Professor Wearing Hijab | Al Jazeera America
An evangelical Christian college in Illinois suspended a political science professor on Thursday after she wrote a Facebook post saying that Muslims and Christians worship the same god.
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The Notorious Black Axe Has Put Down Roots in Canada | VICE News
The thing that caught the police’s attention was the matching outfits. High yellow socks and black berets that featured an emblem of manacled hands, and an axe breaking through the chain.
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Experts Doubt Encryption and Terror | Al Jazeera America
The debate over whether tech companies should be required to break encrypted Internet communications for national security reasons has heated up since the Dec. 2 attack in San Bernardino, Calif., and reports on Friday that suspects in the Nov.
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Netflix Just Scored A Spot As One Of The Top 10 Grossing Apps Worldwide | TechCrunch
Earlier this fall, an analysis of the Top Grossing apps on the iTunes App Store revealed that HBO NOW, the network’s app for cord cutters, had surged to become the top video streaming app by revenue. Now, it seems that Netflix is joining it.
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Inspired by a true story, the trailer for Eddie The Eagle stars Taron Egerton as Michael “Eddie” Edwards, the real-life underdog who won the hearts and minds of British citizens (but not any medals) on his road to the Olympics in the ’80s.
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“Why should we base the validity of all of our life’s beliefs on a theory?” I’m not even sure what that question means, but the UC Berkeley student who asked it to Dr. White didn’t look pleased by his fact-based answer.
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Mitch McConnell Just Made It Virtually Impossible to Police Dark Money in 2016 | Mother Jones
Conservative Solutions Project has run more than 4,882 ads in support of Marco Rubio this election—and not a dime of its funding has been made public.
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WASHINGTON — Federal authorities on Thursday arrested Enrique Marquez, who bought the assault rifles used in the massacre in San Bernardino, Calif., earlier this month that left 14 people dead, according to law enforcement officials. Mr.
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Congress will lift the oil export ban, boost clean energy subsidies. Is that a good trade? – Vox
Congress will lift the oil export ban, boost clean energy subsidies. Is that a good trade? https://t.co/E5Wb71iSDt https://t.co/CiQHB7Q3uF
As part of this week’s big budget deal, congressional leaders reached an unexpected compromise over a few key energy and climate provisions. Basically: So… is this a good trade? Bad trade? From a global warming standpoint, this looks mildly helpfu… -
Readers recommend: songs about mountains | Peter Kimpton | Music | The Guardian
“Plastic surgeons are always making mountains out of molehills,” said Dolly Parton, flashing that ever radiant smile, and cleverly refreshing a metaphorical saying. It also reminds us how mountains are often amply twinned with valleys.
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It can sound glib to talk about the end of an era. It is tempting to sentimentalise the idea of the coalmining industry and the men – almost exclusively – who worked in it.
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‘Like being on death row’: the final week in Kellingley colliery | Environment | The Guardian
There’s a sign up in the locker room at Kellingley colliery this week.
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Raised US interest rates could stunt the growth of startup businesses | Business | The Guardian
The decision to raise US interest rates for the first time in seven years could have negative effects on established startup businesses, investors have said, marking the start a new era of more cautious investment.
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Meet the lobbyists who work for the world’s worst human rights abusers.
After growing up in a country with limited freedoms and an oppressive government, Tutu Alicante still wasn’t prepared when he heard about a violent clash between the military and young men who had organized a protest in his hometown of Annobón, Equa…
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New Orleans Votes to Remove Four Confederate Monuments – The Atlantic
On Thursday, the New Orleans City Council voted 6-1 in favor of an ordinance that paves the way for the removal of four Confederate monuments. They include monuments that honor Confederate Generals Robert E. Lee and P.G.T.
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The cost of college in America today conflicts with a deeply held belief that higher education should not be the exclusive preserve of the upper-middle class and the wealthy. The presidential candidates have their remedies.
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J.J. Abrams points out that Star Trek Into Darkness could’ve been worse · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Now that Star Wars: The Force Awakens is opening in wide release tomorrow and generally pulling in positive reviews, J.J. Abrams can exhale as he reaches the end of his press tour and perpetual state of terror.
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Freaks, Geeks, and Obliques: Nonconformist Gyms For People Who Hated Dodgeball | Atlas Obscura
Minneapolis-based YogaQuest leads a costumed yoga session at a science fiction convention. (Photo courtesy of YogaQuest)
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Why Martin Shkreli, a.k.a America’s Most Hated Man, was arrested – Vox
Martin Shkreli is best known, and hated, for being the CEO of a pharmaceutical company that increased the price of a lifesaving drug from $13.50 to $750. He’s also hated for spending millions to own the only existing copy of the latest Wu-Tang Clan …
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New York Announces ‘Historic Agreement’ on Solitary Confinement – The Atlantic
New York will enact major changes to its use of solitary confinement in prisons as part of a settlement with the New York Civil Liberties Union, the state announced Wednesday.
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Abandoned church becomes gorgeous skate park / Boing Boing
A group of skaters and street artists in Llanera, Asturias, Spain transformed an abandoned church built in 1912 into a beautiful indoor skate park featuring murals by artist Okuda San Miguel. Photos and video below! See more at Juxtapoz.
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Putin Endorses Trump, Says Disgraced FIFA Chief Should Win the Nobel P | Vanity Fair
Vladimir Putin, master contrarian and world-class troll, elevated his art to a new level on Thursday, praising two of the world’s least popular men, Donald Trump and suspended FIFA president Sepp Blatter, in his annual televised news conference. Sur…
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Budget deal negotiated in secret has some great news for secret political spending – Vox
Congress’s new year-end budget deal has some fantastic news for rich people and corporations that want to spend anonymously on politics.
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Soul Sensation Leon Bridges on Grammys, Oscars, and the State of R&B | Vanity Fair
Leon Bridges is having the kind of year usually enjoyed by lithe, fresh-faced pop stars on the rise. There was a record-label bidding war, a Grammy nomination for his debut album, Coming Home, and, now, he is short-listed for a best-original-song Os…
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The Poisonous Beauty Advice Columns of Victorian England | Atlas Obscura
Glass and tin bottles hide snug in a case, waiting for a woman’s daily ritual. She reaches for a bottle of ammonia and washes it over her face, careful to replace the delicate glass stopper.
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It’s Time For Republicans To Start Standing Up To Trump
Republican presidential candidates had a chance to take a stand against Donald Trumps dangerous demagoguery at Tuesday night’s debate. None of them took it.
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Midday open thread: VA will pay for robotic legs; Sanders’ campaign owes a lot to Jesse Jackson’s
Today’s comic by Ruben Bolling is A long time ago, generations far, far away… Denmark has one of the harshest records on Syrian refugees of any European Union nation, and last week it got even worse.
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A special Star Wars edition of the Vergecast will air at 11 PM ET | The Verge
This week on a very special Vergecast, we discuss all things Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Emily Yoshida and Ross Miller will be joined by Bryan Bishop and Tasha Robinson to have a critic’s discussion of the new film.
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Facebook brings music previews to the desktop and adds support for three more services | The Verge
Six weeks after launching a new post format that allows users to listen to song snippets in the News Feed, Facebook is following up on its promise to add more streaming services alongside Spotify and Apple Music. It’s also bringing the feature to th…
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Martin Shkreli Wasn’t a Successful A-hole After All, Just an A-hole – The Daily Beast
Christmas came early this year when Martin Shkreli, the price-gouging CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals, was arrested Thursday morning.
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Wishful thinking versus terrorism: why crypto backdoors are a dumb idea / Boing Boing
“We know of no case where such an addition of exceptional access capabilities has not resulted in weakened security.
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These Ghostbusters character posters are badass | The Verge
After yesterday’s reveal of the first official shot from the upcoming Ghostbusters reboot, it’s probably only right that fans get a few new posters showing each individual character in all their glory.
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Disney theme parks ban toy guns and install metal detectors | The Verge
Disney is quietly banning toy guns, such as “toy blasters,” from its theme parks, as it also installs metal detectors to improve security.
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Muslim Teacher Fired After Showing Malala Video – The Daily Beast
New Jersey teacher Sireen Hashem says she followed the same curriculum as other history teachers at her school. She was one of multiple teachers, she says, to show classes a film clip about Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai.
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How creationist legislation has evolved, in one chart – Vox
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Creationism has evolved. Since the Scopes Monkey Trial in the 1920s, state legislatures and the courts have been fighting over teaching evolution and creationism in the classroom. Secular interests have won the biggest cases, which has forced creati… -
Love Everyone Often Peace Beauty Balance Life Light Magic: NuSTAR’s View of Galaxy 1068
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Bernie Sanders Gets Backing From Leading Union and a Liberal Group https://t.co/YMnghtnz4m https://t.co/BhkxctfKwV via /r/#politics
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To the rest of the world, perhaps, Home Alone was just some harmless slapstick entertainment with a dollop of old-fashioned Christmas sentiment on top. But to Kevin McCallister, the child at the center of the film, it was all too real, man.
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Puerto Rico Keeps Getting the Shaft from Congress | Mother Jones
The House reached a deal on a $1.1 trillion spending bill on Tuesday night that avoided a government shutdown with agreements that included lifting the ban on crude oil exports, delaying the implementation of certain parts of the Affordable Care Act…
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io9 Round-Table: What Does Star Wars Mean to You?
You have heard a little something about a new Star Wars movie being released today. While The Force Awakens conquers theaters, we thought we’d examine how this scifi franchise has conquered the world—by discussing what Star Wars means to each of us.
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The 13 Craziest Goddamn Rumors About Star Wars: The Force Awakens
As one of the most anticipated movies of all time, it’s not surprising that The Force Awakens has inspired hundreds of rumors from fans, desperate to know what’s going to happen a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.
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Why Every Kid in America Learns to Play the Recorder | Atlas Obscura
Some of the world of classroom wind instruments. From top to bottom: Yamaha soprano recorder, Swanson Tonette, Conn-Selmer Song Flute, Grover-Trophy Flutophone, Suzuki Precorder. (Photo: Phil Wink, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Commons)
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Marco Rubio’s Lousy Ground Game In Iowa Will Probably Cost Him Votes | FiveThirtyEight
There’s reportedly a joke going around among Iowa Republicans that Marco Rubio must be running for mayor of Ankeny, the Des Moines suburb where his sole Iowa office is located.
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Nigerian court releases detained Biafra campaigner – Al Jazeera English
A Nigerian court has ordered the release of a pro-Biafran activist whose arrest prompted a series of protests in Africa’s most populous country.
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Rudy Rucker’s top 11 book picks for 2015 / Boing Boing
Peter from Shelfie writes, “Shelfie has announced a partnership with Findaway to add 20,000 audiobooks to its print to digital bundling service. This news comes on top of the recent announcement that it will be adding nearly 100,000 titles for DRM-f…
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Bernie Sanders Gets Backing From Leading Union and a Liberal Group : politics
This is a big deal due to the activism that the DFA brings to the table. Hopefully, this will mean a lot more people making calls and knocking on doors.
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How online activism propelled Tunisia’s revolution – Al Jazeera English
Tunis – In 2011, many young citizens placed great importance on the role of online activism at the beginning of a Middle East popular movement that became the Arab Spring.
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How Atlanta Hawks forward Thabo Sefolosha became a civil rights symbol
In the days, weeks and months to follow, Sefolosha, a Swiss native of South African descent and a key player for the Atlanta Hawks, would retell the story of those five minutes over and over again — to his lawyer, his wife, his parents, his coaches…
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Owners of 20,000 print books can get discounted audiobook bundles / Boing Boing
Peter from Shelfie writes, “Shelfie has announced a partnership with Findaway to add 20,000 audiobooks to its print to digital bundling service. This news comes on top of the recent announcement that it will be adding nearly 100,000 titles for DRM-f…
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More than 40 years and seven presidential administrations have passed since Orson Welles narrated Freedom River. And although it shows signs of age, the animated film, a parable about the role of immigration, race, and wealth in America, still reson…
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Please Don’t Shut Down the Internet, Donald Trump – The New Yorker
“Let me follow up, Mr. Trump,” Wolf Blitzer said on Tuesday night at the Republican Presidential debate, in Las Vegas. “Are you open to closing parts of the Internet?” The question was wonderfully twisted.
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The Top Ten Showstoppers of 2015 – The New Yorker
Looking back on the theatrical year (meaning the year in theatre, not that the year was being a little showy), some highlights and lowlights come to mind. There were the sold-out sure things that turned out to be godawful (“Finding Neverland,” “Chin…
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31 seasons in, Survivor can still produce mind-boggling reality television – Vox
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The lives of children from rich and poor American families look more different than ever before. Well-off families are ruled by calendars, with children enrolled in ballet, soccer and after-school programs, according to a new Pew Research Center sur…
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Putin’s Shit List: Who Russia’s President Called out at His Year-End Press Conference | VICE News
President Vladimir Putin’s annual December press conference is a unique chance for some thousand-plus international and local journalists to ask the Russian leader a question. It’s also a chance for Putin to get things off his chest.
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Even a Shakespeare Exhibit Is Dramatic – The Daily Beast
It’s hard to believe, but come April, 400 years will have passed since William Shakespeare shuffled off his mortal coil.
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Finance ministers from the 15 Security Council nations will adopt a plan on Thursday aimed at disrupting outside revenue that Islamic State (Isis) extremist group gets from oil and antiquities sales, ransom payments and other criminal activities.
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Moog Beethoven, in honor of his birthday! / Boing Boing
Wendy (then Walter) Carlos’s 1971 Moog synthesizer re-imagination of Ludwig Van Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy,” from the final movement of his Ninth Symphony. Of course, Carlos’s music was used in Stanley Kurbrick’s film A Clockwork Orange. Happy 245th bi…
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A win for copyright trolls: Cox must pay $25M for not disconnecting users / Boing Boing
BMG hired Rightscorp, a publicly traded blackmail company, to send threatening letters to Cox Cable subscribers it accused of infringing its copyrights, demanding cash payments to stay out of court.
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Poor Rand Paul. He made some excellent, logical and important points during the debate. Probably the best candidate on the right to help lean moderate/independent voters their way. And everyone on the right hates him. I don’t hate him. If it’s him v…
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New species of human may have shared our caves – and beds | New Scientist
As fire light flickered on the back of the cave, a group of people ate deer, porcupine and otter. Then a man solemnly took a large bone off the fire, broke it in half and sucked the bone marrow out. He then carefully painted the broken bone with red…
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Obama Visits National Counterterrorism Center, Talks San Benardino – The Atlantic
President Obama visited Thursday the federal agency that has the task of analyzing all U.S. intelligence on terrorism as part of a weeks-long effort to calm a nervous public following deadly attacks in San Bernardino, Paris, and elsewhere.
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Tabtics Gives You Personalized Productivity Tips Every Time You Open a New Tab
Chrome: The Tabtics extension offers gentle health and productivity reminders, such as “go take an afternoon stroll” and “try to get to sleep earlier tonight” each time you open up a new browser tab. Along with the tips and motivational quotes, the …
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Polling update: The Trump surge continues, nothing new on the Democratic side
Look at that, CHRISTIE making an appearance! Good for him! If the voting was actually underway now, Cruz would win Iowa and get a delegate or two more than second-place finisher Trump. But as Rick Santorum (2012) and Mike Huckabee (2008) found out, …
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BBC Sport – Jose Mourinho: Chelsea sack boss after Premier League slump
Chelsea have sacked manager Jose Mourinho seven months after he led them to the Premier League title. Chelsea finished eight points clear last season and also won the League Cup, but have endured a terrible start to their defence, losing nine of the…
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Yemen conflict: Negotiators agree Taiz aid deal – BBC News
Negotiators from Yemen’s warring sides have agreed to allow the resumption of aid deliveries to the besieged city of Taiz, the UN special envoy has said. Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed said the deal was reached at UN-brokered talks in Geneva, Switzerland.
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Get this TSA-approved flameless lighter for 40% off in the Boing Boing Store / Boing Boing
It turns out there’s a way to actually make fire work better. This gas-less, flameless lighter can ignite anything you need without that whole pesky elemental process. It juices up with a super convenient slide-out USB charger to give you up to 50 u…
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How to Dance at Your Holiday Party – The Daily Beast
Party season is upon us! Just based on the fact that you’re reading this, we assume you’ve been on the Internet at some point this year and thus are aware of a couple viral dance crazes.
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Ctrl-Walt-Delete: Walt and Nilay recharge their phones | The Verge
As the iPhone battery case is released and external battery packs are a now a customary tech accessory, Walt and Nilay stop and think about the current status of phone and device batteries. Why is there a struggle for better battery life and what is…
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John McCain threatening not to support budget bill over rocket engine provision | The Verge
Senator John McCain is threatening not to support Congress’ massive budget bill for 2016 — all because of one sentence concerning rocket engines. The provision would lift a controversial ban that prohibits the US Air Force from using Russian rocket …
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UN Rights Chief Says Burundi Is on the ‘Cusp of a Civil War,’ Calls for Intervention | VICE News
The violence and intimidation that has become a regular part of life in Burundi in recent months risks destabilizing the African Great Lakes country and requires a determined global response, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights sai…
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Radio project reaches out to Ethiopia’s prostitutes – Al Jazeera English
In Ethiopia, tens of thousands of women – many underage – are being driven to a life of prostitution. The country’s deeply conservative culture makes it difficult to find help. But a new community radio project is trying to change that and help thos…
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Payback’s a Sassy Bitch on American Horror Story: Hotel
American Horror Story: Hotel goes on a holiday hiatus until January 6 after “She Gets Revenge,” but the episode has left us with quite a bit to mull over—as well as some of the most rip-roarin’ moments we’ve seen all season. Let’s count ’em up!
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Firefox Users On Windows Can Now Watch Netflix Without A Plugin | TechCrunch
Remember Microsoft’s Silverlight Flash competitor? Few people probably do (and Microsoft has long given up on it), but for the longest time, you needed Silverlight to watch Netflix in your Firefox browser on Windows.
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Martin Shkreli, pharmaceuticals entrepreneur, arrested by FBI – video | US news | The Guardian
Martin Shkreli, a lightning rod for growing outrage over soaring prescription drug prices, has been arrested in New York by the FBI on securities fraud charges.
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US-Cuba deal will allow 30 regular airline flights a day | World news | The Guardian
The United States and Cuba have struck a deal to allow 30 regular airline flights a day, allowing a surge of American travel to Cuba that could eventually flood the country with hundreds of thousands more US visitors a year, officials said on Thursd…
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US could start lifting Iran sanctions in January under nuclear deal | US news | The Guardian
The United States appears poised to lift at least some sanctions against Iran – possibly as early as January.
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Man who gave guns to San Bernardino shooters to face criminal charges | US news | The Guardian
Federal prosecutors plan to charge the man who provided some of the guns used by the San Bernardino attackers, according to reports that said the attackers’ friend will face criminal firearm charges on Thursday.
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Hillary Clinton has said she is “very sceptical” of the need to drill for oil or gas off the United States’ eastern seaboard, despite the Obama administration putting forward proposals that would open up vast tracts of the ocean for fossil fuel extr…
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What “Star Wars Minus Star Wars” says about creativity / Boing Boing
Rob beat me to the blog this morning with a post about Star Wars Minus Star Wars, a stupendous video in which Kyle Kallgren retells the entire story of the first Star Wars movie with footage that either inspired George Lucas or was inspired by him a…
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U.S. Executions At Lowest Level Since 1991 – The Onion – America’s Finest News Source
The year 2015 saw 28 executions of death row inmates in six states, the lowest number in nearly 25 years due to shortages of lethal injection drugs and the nation’s shifting attitudes toward capital punishment. What do you think?
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Defense Secretary Ash Carter used personal email for government business – Vox
Defense Secretary Ash Carter used personal email for government business https://t.co/0eiQwvLqaC https://t.co/QTeMweM5eU
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India Borrows a Page From China’s Playbook in Dealing With Air Pollution | VICE News
Residents of Delhi will have a new rule to follow on the roads in the New Year. In a controversial and bold Beijing-style move to try and improve the city’s horrible air pollution, the last number of a car’s license plate will determine on what days…
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Number26 Launches Maestro Card With Contactless Payment | TechCrunch
German startup Number26 just launched a new product. As the company is trying to reinvent your banking experience, this isn’t your average product. Number26 is launching a Maestro Card in addition to its MasterCard. All users can get both cards for …
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Colopl Launches $50M Global Fund Dedicated To Virtual Reality | TechCrunch
There’s no shortage of ideas and projects in the virtual reality space. There are tons of studios popping up all over the world to create immersive content for the platform. With the Oculus, HTC and Sony offerings coming next year, now’s a better ti…
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The forthcoming, Tina Fey-starring war comedy Whiskey Tango Foxtrot shares its title with an acclaimed book that is currently being adapted by HBO, and was previously adapted into an episode of The Good Wife and an episode of Scandal. So the whole s…
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A 16-year-old teenager from Montreal is the first person to be convicted in Canada of trying to leave the country to join a terrorist group.
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Britain Is Getting Irate About Its Meddling Monarchs | VICE News
It’s a tough life being a British prince. All you want to do is have access to top-secret government documents and get politicians to listen and respond to all your personal concerns, and your royal subjects get themselves all worked up. Where’s the…
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A musicologist goes off the grid in the melancholy Song From The Forest · Watch This · The A.V. Club
Every day, Watch This offers staff recommendations inspired by a new movie coming out that week. This month: The A.V. Club atones for its sins of omission, recommending the best movies of the year that we didn’t review.
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Trump, ISIS, and the Global Confederation of Extremists – The Atlantic
At first glance, Donald Trump looks like Islamic extremism’s worst nightmare. Trump said he would ban the billion-plus Muslims around the world from visiting the U.S. He would send the medieval ISIS back to the proverbial Stone Age: “Bomb the shit o…
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John Darnielle promises that we can all make it through “This Year” · Hear This · The A.V. Club
In Hear This, The A.V. Club writers sing the praises of songs they know well. This week: Some of our favorite songs with “year” in the title. I had a profoundly bad 2014.
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With all of the cross-promotional tie-ins for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, plus the never-ending pantheon of various kinks and fetishes, this video for a Wookiee phone sex line is almost believable.
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70k Demand UPS and FedEx Leave ALEC, Stop Funding Climate Denial and Animal Cruelty : politics
Behind paywall for me.
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What if a grown-up Kevin McCallister was your Uber driver? That’s more or less the premise of the first episode of musician Jack Dishel’s new web series :DRYVRS.
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So you’d like to get into highbrow comics. Here’s where to start | Books | The Guardian
I am a man with an immoderate number – some might say a houseful – of comic books, which is probably why people ask me questions like: “Where on earth do I start with all this stuff?” and “Is that really a wedding ring?” I sympathise – with the form…
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At its heart, this is a book about unfairness.
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Wait, Alabama State Troopers have the Confederate flag on their uniforms?
Well, there’s something to be said about being upfront, at least.
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DoorDash Partners With b8ta For On-Demand Tech Gadget Delivery | TechCrunch
DoorDash, known for its on-demand food delivery service, has partnered with newly-launched retail store b8ta.
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Watch this hilariously dubbed Star Wars Episode IV footage / Boing Boing
People who bought Cards Against Humanity’s Eight Sensible Gifts for Hannukah subscription were invited to take a survey at the end of the purchase, one that asked all kinds of weird, invasive questions — naturally, CAH has published the results! Fiv…
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Sharon Stone to play a Hollywood agent in The Disaster Artist · Newswire · The A.V. Club
The Disaster Artist, a movie based on the book about the making of the The Room, is proving to have an allure that seems counterintuitive to its title and subject matter.
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This Chart Estimates When You Can Finally Retire, Based on Your Savings Rate
Three factors influence when you’ll be financially independent: the age you start saving, how much of your income you save, and the return on your investments. This chart illustrates how critical these all are to when you can retire.
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11 Novels So Amazing, You Can’t Tell What Genre They Are
Some of the most powerful reading experiences are the ones that refuse to fit into just one pigeonhole. They defy categorization, because they’re both life-changing and label-breaking. Don’t believe me? Here are 11 books that are so incredibly good,…
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Bad Goats Removed by Helicopter | Motherboard
Goats are smart. Some are even well-equipped enough to scale mountain peaks. And because of that, they’re kind of a pain in the ass to capture if you ever have to move them for conservation efforts.
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Court To Catholic School: No, You Can’t Fire People Because They Are Gay | ThinkProgress
A Massachusetts court has ruled against a private Catholic school that denied employment to a man because he was married to a man. This warranted unlawful discrimination on the basic of sexual orientation, the court found.
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Senate Republicans Already Blaming Anti-Surveillance Movement For Terrorist Attacks | ThinkProgress
Despite evidence that shows that mass surveillance has done little to thwart terrorist attacks, Senate Republicans are pushing to reopen discussions on the Patriot Act in the wake of the deadly incidents in Paris and San Bernardino. Sen.
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The James Webb Space Telescope Will Follow In Hubble’s Footsteps in 2018 | Motherboard
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) will launch in October 2018. The European Space Agency and commercial satellite launch company Arianespace made the announce on Thursday morning.
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The 11 Biggest Pop Culture Surprises Of 2015 | ThinkProgress
Round-up season continues! Read on to remember all the whats that made you say “WHAT?!” in 2015. Just about everything on The Jinx, the HBO docuseries about skyscraper scion Robert Durst, is surprising, starting with the fact that Durst agreed to be…
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The Story of Cock.li, the Site Used to Shut Down the LA School District | Motherboard
Earlier this week, the Los Angeles Unified School District closed all schools for a day after receiving a “credible” emailed threat. Thankfully, the threat was a hoax (New York City schools received a similar threat, and chose to remain open).
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See sample pages of http://winkbooks.net/post/135373865141/collecting-childrens-books-a-guide-for-the-book at Wink. Collecting Children’s Books is as much a guide for the book collector as it is a trip down memory lane for the book reader.
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Disco Beethoven, in honor his birthday! / Boing Boing
In honor of Ludwig van Beethoven’s 245th birthday today, here is Walter Murphy’s “A Fifth of Beethoven” (1976). Can you dig it? I knew that you could.
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Google Dedicates $1M In Research Grants To Keep Google Drive Safe | TechCrunch
Google wants you to feel safe and comfy in storing your data with them on all of their properties. One particular product probably has your most important documents — Google Drive.
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17 festive TV episodes to stream this holiday season – Vox
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The result of my town banning gasoline leaf blowers. : pics
The result of my town banning gasoline leaf blowers. via /r/pics https://t.co/hCXo2Vjz3J https://t.co/7kV2HEAEoJ https://t.co/PobcSSaWj4
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The result of my town banning gasoline leaf blowers. via /r/pics https://t.co/hCXo2Vjz3J https://t.co/7kV2HEAEoJ https://t.co/PobcSSaWj4
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The massive fight for Rahm Emanuel’s resignation, explained – Vox
The massive fight for Rahm Emanuel’s resignation, explained https://t.co/G9ijucvMgG https://t.co/vgyCWS8EnN
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Liberal group Democracy For America endorses Bernie Sanders https://t.co/jCmuyY1olA https://t.co/vEHQigdupI via /r/#politics
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From Middle Class to ‘Living a Nightmare’: How Syria’s Class System Has Been Eradicated | VICE News
A growing number of Jordan’s Syrian refugees have now completely severed ties to their home country by selling their final assets — land in Syria — to shore up dwindling aid funding and, in some cases, to pay traffickers to smuggle them to Europe.
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Unevenly distributed futures: an interview with @internetofshit / Boing Boing
The @internetofshit account posts sardonic observations about the Internet of Things, which is filled with the most depressing array of useless, dangerously insecure, exploitative junk imaginable.
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From ISIS in Syria to Nukes in North Korea: The Global Conflicts to Watch in 2016 – The Atlantic
In the summer of 2012—around the time that the Islamic State’s inchoate plans for a caliphate merited a mere footnote in a U.S.
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What We’re Following Thursday Afternoon, 12/17 – The Atlantic
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Liberal group Democracy For America endorses Bernie Sanders : politics
Curious how the media spins this… oh wait, they won’t have to, they’ll just ignore it. No spin required, Trump gets them more money so they won’t cover anything Democrat flavored but the token mentions.
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Bernie Sanders lands key endorsements ahead of Iowa caucuses : politics
So who’s excited to hear Bernie at the next democratic debate? Oh, that’s right. No one is. Because the damn debate is on a freaking Saturday night during opening weekend of the new Star Wars movie. DWS sucks.
Bernie Sanders lands key endorsements ahead of Iowa caucuses https://t.co/EUeNtWgwVY https://t.co/xuNofhOaYW via /r/#politics -
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Wheaton College Suspends Hijab-Wearing Professor Larycia Hawkins – The Atlantic
Do Muslims and Christians worship the same God? It’s a question that has bedeviled theologians and everyday believers for centuries. And this week it may have cost a tenured professor her job.
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Adam Sandler: ‘Israel Is Getting a ‘F–K You’ From Roger Waters’ | Rolling Stone
Adam Sandler has sided with Howard Stern in his war of words against former Pink Floyd singer-songwriter Roger Waters. “I’m very pro-Israel,” the comedian told Stern earlier this week, via Jewish Journal. “When you go off on Roger Waters, I fucking …
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Bernie Sanders Wins Major Labor Union Endorsement – The Atlantic
Bernie Sanders won one of the most significant endorsements of his presidential campaign on Thursday when Communications Workers of America, the largest communications and media labor union in the country, announced its support of the Vermont senato…
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It’s Just a Year Since Obama Announced He’d Been Talking to Castro – The Daily Beast
As part of the holiday festivities around Washington on Wednesday night, several hundred people—among them senators, songressional representatives, lobbyists, diplomats, current and former U.S. officials, business executives, advocates and activists…
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Saudi Arabia’s New Islamic Military Alliance Isn’t Going to Be Effective Any Time Soon | VICE News
Yesterday, the official Saudi press agency (aptly named the Saudi Press Agency) issued a statement calling for the creation of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), a 34-nation alliance of countries organized to go kick terrorism’s ass. Sor…
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LEAKED: The secret catalog American law enforcement orders cellphone-spying gear from / Boing Boing
The Intercept has obtained a secret government catalog that law enforcement agencies use to source even-more-secret cellular spying devices, mostly variants on the Stingray/Dirtbox, which pretend to be cellular towers in order to harvest the subscri…
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Bernie Sanders Has a Record Two Million Campaign Donations — and That’s a Huge Deal | VICE News
Bernie Sanders just demonstrated that Super PACs and a handful of billionaire donors might not actually have complete control over American elections after all.
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Bizarre and inexplicable vintage Christmas cards|Dangerous Minds
Like the cartoons in The New Yorker where the captions often have scant relevance to their illustrations, these vintage Christmas cards seem perversely at odds with the intended holiday spirit. Krampus terrorizes a young boy. A frog robs and murders…
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Try This Two Step Process for Icing Cookies to Perfection
Holiday cookies are a fun tradition, but if you’re anything like me, icing those cookies usually leads to a frustrating mess. The Kitchn’s two-step process makes it simple.
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Watch a Plague of Tumbleweeds Blow Across the West
When my parents moved to Idaho a few years ago, they received quite a welcome. Before they finished unpacking their boxes, a blast of cool wind blew through the night. When they awoke the next morning, the yard was covered in tumbleweeds, stacked ne…
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How does a droid in in the Star Wars franchise know when he has truly made it in show business and captured the hearts of fans everywhere? Back in 2001, during the gap between The Phantom Menace and Attack Of The Clones, R2-D2 was honored with his o…
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Trump’s independent bid still wide open, unless you take him at his word
Donald Trump could campaign for the Republican nomination well into March before deciding to ditch the GOP and mount an independent bid for the White House.
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The creators of the ColecoVision are back with a new cartridge-based console | The Verge
Coleco was behind some of the earliest attempts to bring video games to your living room, with mildly successful consoles like the ColecoVision in 1982. Like many game companies at the time, Coleco went bankrupt in the late ’80s.
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Facebook Messenger now lets you customize colors and emoji for every chat | The Verge
Facebook’s trying to squeeze some useful new features into Messenger before 2015 comes to a close. Today the company announced that Photo Magic, which uses facial recognition to simplify the process of sharing photos with your friends, is rolling ou…
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US restores commercial flights to Cuba, but doesn’t lift tourist restrictions | The Verge
The US and Cuba announced Thursday the restoration of commercial air travel between the two countries for the first time in half a century, but restrictions on tourism will still apply to Americans interested in visiting the communist-ruled island.
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Facebook is making it easier to find nearby events | The Verge
Facebook events are one of the more maligned parts of the nearly ubiquitous social media platform — invitations to them come often, sometimes seemingly out of nowhere, and they have a tendency to bombard users with notifications.
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Christie’s Sells Flown-to-the-Moon Omega Speedmaster Watch for $245K
A watch that was flown to the moon, of the same make and model as the watches NASA issued to all of its Apollo astronauts to wear while in space, was sold by Christie’s on Tuesday (Dec. 15) for nearly a quarter of a million dollars to the watchmaker…
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In a Cinema Far, Far Away: Hollywood’s Star Wars Films
Movie posters from three “Star Wars” films. (L to r): “Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace” (1999); “Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope”; “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” (2015).
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“If you Luke father west….if you’re Wookiee” Today’s Star Wars weather – YouTube
Count the Star Wars puns in Sian Welby’s weather report.
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A Crashed Interstellar Probe Inspires an Alien Mind
In “Sputnik,” a football-shaped space probe is picked up by an alien. The resulting journey results in a whole new state of mind. This short from Maxim Zhestkov is truly beautiful and well worth five minutes of your day.
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Richard Price always had an entrepreneurial bent. He started a cake business in his mum’s kitchen during a summer break from his doctoral program at Oxford, eventually converting it into a sandwich-delivery service after realizing people only ate ca…
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The HPV Vaccine Doesn’t Deserve Its Reputation. Get It for Your Kids.
We have a vaccine against the virus that causes cervical cancer. It’s as safe as any other vaccine, and getting it for your tween son or daughter—or yourself, if you’re in your early twenties—is a no-brainer. Don’t buy into bogus exposés on “dangers…
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For Soldiers of the Future, Brain Training May Be as Vital as Pushups | WIRED
The controversial idea that you can “train” a human brain to get smarter or faster has spread through the worlds of elite athletics and brain-trauma recovery. Now it’s going to boot camp.
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BOSTON—Going back and forth between the two options as he approached the movie theater ticket counter, a man dressed in a full Chewbacca costume told reporters Thursday that he was torn between seeing Star Wars: The Force Awakens and the new financi…
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News | NuSTAR Finds Cosmic Clumpy Doughnut Around Black Hole
The most massive black holes in the universe are often encircled by thick, doughnut-shaped disks of gas and dust. This deep-space doughnut material ultimately feeds and nourishes the growing black holes tucked inside.
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News | Mars Spacecraft Shipped to California for March Launch
NASA’s next Mars spacecraft has arrived at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, for final preparations before a launch scheduled in March 2016 and a landing on Mars six months later. Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Denver, built and tested the spac…
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Martin Shkreli arrested : pics
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A Bad Lip Reading of ‘Star Wars’ – The Daily Beast
What can we say? We’ve reached peak Star Wars fever, and more ways to pass the time before the first showing tonight at midnight are always welcome. Watch below.
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LAST week during oral arguments in Fisher v. University of Texas, a case about the constitutionality of race-conscious admissions policies, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr.
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It was remarkable that the Republican presidential candidates’ debate this week, supposedly focused on keeping Americans safe, was devoid of questions and comments about the public health issue of gun violence.
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Secret hashtags help teens share dangerous habits| Reuters
(Reuters Health) – Rule-breaking may be just as irresistible to teenagers today as it was in their parents’ day, but a new study of secret social media hashtags like #selfharmmm suggests that new technology is helping kids share dangerous behaviors …
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Microsoft has a new app out called ‘Microsoft Apps‘ on Android that contains a list of its Android apps that you can download on the Android app store. There are two parts to this development.
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The Most Powerful Images of 2015 – The Atlantic – The Atlantic
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Childcare Is Hard to Find – The Atlantic
Please forgive some very rough history: In the middle of the 20th century, men worked and women stayed home (this was more true for white families than for black families, but, again, this is very rough).
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The Mystery Behind Gerry Rafferty’s ‘Baker Street’ – The Atlantic
In the summer of 1978, Gerry Rafferty’s song “Baker Street” became a top-five hit in the United States, Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom. And for good reason.
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Bernie Sanders is more popular than Trump, but the press ignores him / Boing Boing
About 16 percent of Americans identify Bernie Sanders as their top choice for the next president; Trump is preferred by about 11 percent of the population — Sanders is nearly 50% more popular than Trump, but Trump outperforms him in press headlines…
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May the force be with your wall with these epic Star Wars prints / Boing Boing
The Star Wars fever is alive and well, and it’s time you joined in on the fun. These extremely high-quality posters will elevate any room in your house to a true fandom tribute. The materials are archival-quality with crisp colors that pop.
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Ted Cruz off the hook for supposed intelligence leak Marco Rubio had already blabbed
After all the following Tuesday’s debate and whether or not Ted Cruz leaked classified intelligence information in it, the drama has fizzled. “The Committee is not investigating anything said during last night’s Republican Presidential debate,” Sens…
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Pinterest Launched A New Way To Track Price Drops On Buyable Pins | TechCrunch
Pinterest has a new way to entice users to come back and buy things: keeping tabs on the price. That comes in the form today of a new tool that helps Pinterest users monitor price drops on products they’ve pinned.
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Here’s what this man learned from one year on a high-fat / low carb diet / Boing Boing
The Effects of a Year in Ketosis by James McCarter from Quantified Self on Vimeo. At the most recent Quantified Self conference, geneticist Jim McCarter t talked about the effects of going on a ketogenic diet for a year.
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One of Marvel’s oldest heroines, Patsy “Hellcat” Walker has gotten a big boost in profile thanks to her inclusion in the hit Netflix series Jessica Jones, and while the show’s Trish Walker isn’t quite the same as her comic-book counterpart, exposure…
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Bernie Sanders lands key endorsements ahead of Iowa caucuses | US news | The Guardian
Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont secured two key endorsements on Thursday as he solidified his place as the main challenger to Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton.
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Disney World steps up security, banning costumes and toy guns | Travel | The Guardian
Security at the “Most Magical Place On Earth” is being stepped up as Disney World joins other major theme parks in Orlando, Florida, in implementing additional measures to screen its visitors.
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James Foley’s mother: Marine Le Pen tweet ‘furthers Isis propaganda’ – video | Media | The Guardian
The mother of US journalist James Foley says recent tweets by French far-right politician Marine Le Pen, which show her son’s decapitated body, only help to spread Isis propaganda. Speaking to Europe 1 Radio, Diane Foley said that the tweets were pa…
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Burundi: UN to deploy experts to monitor violence – Al Jazeera English
The top UN human rights assembly has approved a resolution calling for the immediate deployment of experts to Burundi to investigate abuses and prevent the escalation of violence, as the Africa Union warned that it won’t allow a “genocide” to take p…
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Star Wars: every scene from every movie charted – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Star Wars has been called a “space opera” or a “space western” — but what’s the true shape of this cult story that happened “a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away”?
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What I Learned This Semester at Yale | The Nation
On July 1, I received an email from a fellow Yale student. She urged me to sign a petition to change the name of Calhoun College, a Yale residential building named after John C. Calhoun, the South Carolina statesman who graduated from Yale in 1804. …
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When the Internet of Things Starts to Feel Like the Internet of Shit | Motherboard
If you listen to tech companies’ marketing reps, the future is made of internet connected devices that seamlessly talk to each other, as well as your smartphone, and turn your good-old house into a truly sci-fi-esque smart home where you don’t even …
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Kojima’s New Game Studio Wants To Make Movies, Too | Motherboard
We now know a little bit more about Hideo Kojima’s post-Konami plans. The video game director, best known for his work on the Metal Gear series, told IGN that his new studio, Kojima Productions, will initially focus on creating games, but that he ha…
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There comes a point at which the helpfulness of technology becomes a form of oppression: walled gardens, predictive services making the wrong predictions, and every social platform forcing us to use our real names.
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Why does America hate Martin Shkreli? Just look at his Twitter feed. – Vox
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Red Giant Stars –“Hold Clues to the Origin of Elements in the Universe” https://t.co/2jN8xnHhiz https://t.co/j6fGg7zCay
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Democracy for America’s Online Poll places Sanders at 87.9% : politics
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Why Did Sheldon Adelson Buy the Las Vegas Review-Journal? – The Atlantic
Last Thursday afternoon, the staff of the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Nevada’s largest newspaper, was summoned to a meeting with the publisher, Jason Taylor.
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A voter’s guide to the top 2016 candidates’ views on LGBT rights
Twenty years ago, when Republican politicians uttered a word about the LGBT community, it was usually “sodomy.
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I watched, with disenchantment and disquiet, Tuesday night’s Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas, as candidate after candidate talked about how he or she would execute a war against the Islamic State, as if such a war was inevitable, if not …
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Amazon Rolls Out A Referral Program To Encourage More Customers To Shop On Mobile | TechCrunch
Amazon already has the number one Shopping app in the App Store, but the company believes it still has room to grow.
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The Most Futuristic Predictions That Came True in 2015
It’s time to reflect on the most futuristic breakthroughs and developments of the past year. This year’s crop features a slew of remarkable scientific and technological achievements, from an actual working hoverboard to cyborgized brains. Here are 1…
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In case Anyone is confused, but didn’t bother to actually click the link, this was a poll that decides which candidate DFA would endorse for president. It was not a poll that reflects actual polling numbers for the primaries.
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Star Wars medical merch from Scarfolk, the horror-town stuck in the 1970s / Boing Boing
Scarfolk (previously) is the English country town that is caught in a perpetual ten-year loop from 1970-1980; in 1977, while the rest of the world was getting Kenner Star Wars toys, Scarfolk’s children were treated to a line of Star Wars medical equ…
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Putin: Give Sepp Blatter the Nobel; Trump should be president / Boing Boing
Ole Vlad’s figured out how to troll the west: celebrate corrupt, populist strongmen who brazenly lie while fronting for the rich and powerful. On Trump: “He is a very outstanding man, unquestionably talented…
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What Will It Take for Americans to Eat Insects? – Eater
Two billion people around the world consume insects on a regular basis, from Mexico and Venezuela to Cambodia, Thailand, and sub-Saharan Africa. For centuries in the Western gastronomic world, the notion of eating bugs was seen as a dire last resort.
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Fox Confronts 2015 Cruz with 2013 Cruz – The Daily Beast
Ted Cruz continued to be two-faced on immigration policy when Fox News confronted him with his own words from 2013.
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Can El Salvador Be Fixed? (Extra Scene from ‘El Salvador’s Gangs) | VICE News
El Salvador is set to eclipse Honduras as the country with the highest homicide rate in the world. By the end of September 2015, there had been around 5,000 murders this year, in a country with a population of just over six million.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Martin Shkreli, a lightning rod for growing outrage over soaring prescription drug prices, was arrested by the FBI on Thursday after a federal investigation involving his former hedge fund and a pharmaceutical company he previou…
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Tomorrow’s Heart Drugs Might Target Gut Microbes – The Atlantic
If your cholesterol levels are high, your doctor might prescribe you a statin, a drug that blocks one of the enzymes involved in creating cholesterol. But in the future, she might also prescribe a second drug that technically doesn’t target your bod…
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Why Big Banks Are Interested But Struggilng to Invest in the Marijuana Industry – The Atlantic
Earlier this month Bank of America Merrill Lynch put out a research report on the marijuana industry’s prospects.
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Can Elephant Daughters Fill the Holes Left by Their Poached Mothers? – The Atlantic
It was Ebony who kept the family together, in the face of vicious slaughter and unspeakable tragedy. She was the last matriarch of the Hardwoods, a group of elephants that George Wittemyer and his colleagues have been getting to know since 1997.
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Can you overdose on Vitamin D? – The Atlantic – The Atlantic
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It’s going to be war between Paul Ryan and the Freedom Caucus
For the moment, the House Freedom Caucus guys are pretending they’re still happy that they ousted John Boehner and got Paul Ryan for his replacement as House speaker, even after everything they wanted in a spending bill was rejected. They hate the s…
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Americans are a principled people. Gouge sick people for pharmaceuticals, and they’ll be angry. But buy the sole copy of a Wu-Tang Clan album for $2 million and they’ll start demanding action.
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Triumph The Insult Comic Dog vs Star Wars
Star Wars: The Force Awakens is out today, at least in NYC theaters.1 To celebrate, I watched the classic clip of Triumph The Insult Comic Dog interviewing people standing in line for Star Wars: Attack of the Clones. You look like some kind of super…
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Fossil Q Dreamer review: More fashion than fit | The Verge
When you hear the brand name Fossil, your mind probably goes to watches, leather products, and other accessories. You likely don’t think tech. And yet Fossil has a long and varied history of making wearable tech.
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Brazil has lifted its ban on WhatsApp | The Verge
Brazil has lifted a temporary ban on WhatsApp, one day after a court in São Paulo ordered telecoms to block the popular messaging service for failing to comply with an order related to a criminal case.
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At some point during Netflix’s “Sense8” — a gorgeous, ridiculous series about eight strangers scattered across the world who use a psychic connection to aid one another in fights and at one point have a virtual orgy — I had to ask myself: What am I …
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Plex Is Now Free for Xbox and PlayStation
Good news, Xbox and PlayStation owners: You can now stream your media to your TV from your gaming console with Plex. The app is out of the review stage and is free to use without a Plex Pass subscription.
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How the New Point Break Stayed True to Its Adrenaline-Junkie Roots | Vanity Fair
“It was a really intensely scary experience,” says actress Teresa Palmer of filming a long underwater sequence for Point Break, a remake of the seminal 1991 surf-and-skydive heist movie, opening on Christmas Day. “I’m totally scared of the water.
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Well, the Finale of Childhood’s End Was Depressing as Hell
Childhood’s End concluded last night with the most surreal of the series’ three installments, “The Children.” We knew from the start that this utopia thing wasn’t going to end well, thanks to Milo’s this-is-the-end opening speech.
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Tom Courtenay and Andrew Haigh on monogamy, religion, and 45 Years · Interview · The A.V. Club
December has inexorably become the month that everyone, including this website, waxes hyperbolic about their favorite movies of the year.
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Oh, Hello’s Gil Faizon and George St. Geegland stopped by Seth Meyers · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Last night on Late Night With Seth Meyers, NBC’s late-night viewing audience got to say “Oh, Hello” to George St. Geegland and Gil Faizon, the crass, schlubby alter egos of John Mulaney and Nick Kroll. Currently starring in Oh, Hello off Broadway, F…
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Michael Ian Black’s Holiday Survival Guide | Vanity Fair
It’s mid-December, and the holiday-industrial complex is chugging merrily along. Meaning, it’s likely you’ll find yourself surrounded by family and loved ones at a cramped three-leaf dining table before the year is up. But . . .
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Greenland has lost a staggering amount of ice — and it’s only getting worse – enough water to submerge the entire U.S. interstate highway system 98 feet deep — and to do so 63 times over (washingtonpost.com) What an odd measurement. Do we often meas…
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BBC Sport – Somali domestic football in live TV debut
History will be made in Somalia this week when a football match played in the country will be broadcast live on television for the first time.
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Israeli supermodel Bar Refaeli suspected of tax evasion – BBC News
The Israeli supermodel, Bar Refaeli, is being investigated for suspected tax evasion in Israel. Ms Refaeli is accused of failing to report millions of dollars in income earned abroad and tens of thousands of dollars in “celebrity benefits”.
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A long time ago, in the era we now know as B.T. (Before Trump), it was possible to envision a Republican primary campaign that would be a real contest of ideas, a clash of genuine policy visions — and therefore different from the empty I’m-not-Obama…
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Controversial Drug CEO Martin Shkreli Arrested for Fraud | Rolling Stone
Pharmaceutical entrepreneur Martin Shkreli, who came under fire for drastically raising the price of a drug used to fight deadly infections, has been arrested for securities fraud, The New York Times reports.
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NYU Stern Study Investigates Bangladesh Factory Labor Conditions After Rana Collapse – The Atlantic
With complex supply chains that stretch overseas, even companies that vow to keep a close eye on their main suppliers often fail to eradicate human-rights violations at all levels of production.
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How Vocabulary Influences Emotion – The Atlantic
There’s plenty of disagreement over how to define emotions, but at least one thing is certain: They are intensely personal things.
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Watch Josh Dorr’s Solo Cover of Jason Isbell’s ‘Cover Me Up’ | Rolling Stone
Watch Josh Dorr’s Solo Cover of Jason Isbell’s ‘Cover Me Up’ Country newcomer tips his hat to Americana kingpin in new performance
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So What Happens If You Don’t Like ‘Star Wars’? – The Daily Beast
The first critics to post negative reviews of The Force Awakens were told to die by angry fans. But isn’t telling the truth about an anticipated movie better than surrendering to the hype? “Every once in a while I have what I think of as an out-of-t…
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Plug-in car grant extended to 2018 | Business | The Guardian
Grants to subsidise the purchase of electric and other low-emission cars are to be extended by at least two years, to encourage more than 100,000 UK motorists to buy greener vehicles.
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Ted Cruz’s doublespeak on immigration reform comes back to haunt him
Ted Cruz tried to separate himself from Marco Rubio on immigration reform during Tuesday night’s Republican debate, saying he “never supported legalization.
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The ‘age of the human’ may not become the age of destruction | David Suzuki | Opinion | The Guardian
Homo sapiens has become so dominant a force shaping the properties of the biosphere that scientists now refer to the past two centuries as the Anthropocene Epoch – the age of the human.
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How Adele Owned 2015 in Just Two Months | Rolling Stone
In the pop world of 2015, there was Adele, and there was everyone else. Despite giving her peers a nine-and-a-half-month head start, she had no trouble blazing past the competition, becoming not only the year’s most talked-about artist, but its most…
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Pentagon Officers: We Quit if Trump Wins – The plans of the next president are personal to the officers of the Pentagon, who are threatening to quit if The Donald becomes commander-in-chief. (thedailybeast.com) I’m about a few weeks from separating …
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Teens Now Smoke Marijuana More Than Cigarettes, Study Says | Rolling Stone
Daily marijuana use among high school seniors has surpassed that of cigarettes for the first time, according to a new survey by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, The Atlantic reports.
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Announcing The 2016 TechCrunch Events Calendar | TechCrunch
Buckle up because the TechCrunch Events Calendar is out. We want you to join us as we travel the United States to bring you insightful, fun and valuable experiences.
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Facebook Unlocks Livestream Marketing Stunts From Verified Pages | TechCrunch
Here comes livestream marketing. Today Facebook gave all Verified Pages the ability to broadcast on its Periscope-style Live feature.
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The people want what they want and they want bigger phones. Apple’s sales record has been gangbusters since the introduction of its larger iPhone 6, 6 Plus and iPhone 6s phones. Samsung also offers several bigger phones, as do LG, Motorola and many …
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Build Or Buy? Anatomy Of An Acquisition — Or Why Buffer Just Bought Respondly | TechCrunch
Why the lack of transparency on the deal price? Buffer co-founder and COO Leo Widrich says he would like to have published that too but Respondly wasn’t so keen on being quite so radically transparent. “And we don’t want to force our views on others…
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Former Ad Tech CEO Rob Leathern Is Building A Subscription Service For Avoiding Ads | TechCrunch
Rob Leathern is hoping to help publishers embrace ad blocking, and he’s doing it under a familiar name — Optimal.com, which was previously the social ad company where Leathern was founder and CEO.
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China’s Dark-Matter Satellite Launches Era of Space Science – Scientific American
Against a purple morning sky, in a cloud of brown smoke, the Monkey King took off.
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ISIS Is Using Civilians As Human Shields, Meaning Cruz Can’t Simply Target Troops | ThinkProgress
During the Republican presidential debate on Tuesday night, candidates weighed in on their propensity to fight ISIS in Syria and Iraq. One of the questions CNN’s Wolf Blitzer asked pertained to the potential killing of civilians.
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Red Giant Stars –“Hold Clues to the Origin of Elements in the Universe”
The LUNA experiment at the INFN Gran Sasso National Laboratory in Italy has observed a rare nuclear reaction that occurs in giant red stars, a type of star in which our sun will also evolve.
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City Gives Workers Holiday Gift Of Paid Sick Leave | ThinkProgress
On Wednesday, New Brunswick, New Jersey passed a paid sick leave ordinance. That makes it the 27th place in the country to do so, as well as the eleventh city in the state. The news was received with mixed support by advocates.
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Now It’s JJ Abram’s Turn To Acknowledge That Into Darkness Had Problems With Khan
This weird second circuit of people admitting that Into Darkness had some pretty big flaws continues with the man of the moment, JJ Abrams! The director might be riding high when it comes to Star Wars right now, but when it comes to realizing the mi…
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In 1905, a prominent Manhattan physician was reading his morning mail when he opened a disturbing letter. Written in spidery handwriting and signed cryptically from someone calling themselves “Justice,” it read, “Mrs. Margaretta Todd was murdered—sh…
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Watch the Devolution of ‘Star Wars’ Ridiculous Walker Tanks
There are many unanswered questions that came from the Star Wars prequels.
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A 20-man-strong springtime snowboard road trip through the great state of Oregon with the goal of getting after any and all activities along the way. From Portland, OR, to the Cinder Cone, to Mt. Hood, to Bend, to Mt Bachelor and eventually the Oreg…
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Pussy Riot Plan to Open ‘Women-Only’ Museum in Montenegro | Rolling Stone
Pussy Riot Plan to Open ‘Women-Only’ Museum in Montenegro Institution will be run by women, feature only art created by women
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Nicki Minaj Argues Streaming Should Count Toward Album Sales | Rolling Stone
Nicki Minaj Argues Streaming Should Count Toward Album Sales “The music business doesn’t really seem designed to reward our culture with the sales and accolades we deserve,” rapper writes
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See Merle Haggard’s Swinging ‘Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Star’ | Rolling Stone
See Merle Haggard’s Swinging ‘Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Star’ Country legend dusts off 1987 single for ‘Guitar Center Sessions’
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Why ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ Is a Bizarro Holiday Classic | Rolling Stone
Once upon a time, Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman were supposed to be Jewish. Bill and Alice Harford, the decidedly gentile married couple that the actors portrayed in 1999’s Eyes Wide Shut, are about as kosher as a bacon milkshake.
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Unusual ‘Sail-Backed’ Dinosaur Roamed Spain 125 Million Years Ago – Scientific American
WASHINGTON, Dec 16 (Reuters) – Along a lush river delta in what is now northeastern Spain, a herd of dinosaurs munched on ferns and conifers similar to modern-day cypresses 125 million years ago.
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Capable Carbon Filters – Scientific American
Introduction Do you filter your tap water before drinking? Maybe at home you have a water filter on your faucet, in the fridge or use special pitchers that have a filter in them. You have probably heard commercials that claim these filters make your…
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In a Galaxy Far, Far Away From Comic Book Bigotry, Black and Queer Heroes Rule | Mother Jones
In October, a small but dedicated internet faction urged people to boycott the new Star Wars movie.
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“Customer service” pranksters troll Chipotle customers / Boing Boing
When someone complains on Facebook about an unsatisfactory experience at particular business establishment, there’s a chance that Ben Palmer and Nick Price will respond as if they were representatives for that business.
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Israel’s Wall: Security or Apartheid? | Al Jazeera America
Israel’s separation wall is a controversial and imposing structure, spanning 280 miles in length and up to 26 feet in height.
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UN Calls Mission to Investigate Burundi Violence | Al Jazeera America
The top U.N. human rights assembly has approved by consensus a resolution calling for the quick deployment of experts to Burundi to look into abuses amid spiraling violence in the east African country. After a U.S.
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Libyan Factions Sign UN Peace Deal | Al Jazeera America
Members of Libya’s rival parliaments on Thursday signed a landmark, U.N.-sponsored deal on forming a unity government that will strive to bring peace to the war-ravaged country.
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Martin Shkreli raised his drug’s price 5,500 percent because, in America, he can – Vox
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Republican elites are trying desperately to stop Ted Cruz – Vox
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This is the orchid mantis : pics
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Across the World in 38 Festive Holiday Windows | Vanity Fair
HARVEY NICHOLSGo back in time with the Harvey Nichols windows, which looked to the 70s for holiday inspiration. Here, a kaleidoscopic face with fairy-light hair gives off a Studio 54 vibe.Photograph by Dylan Thomas.
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Kendall Jenner, Amy Schumer, and More: The 2015 “It Girls” | Vanity Fair
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The First Fuller House Trailer Is Exactly What You Would Expect | Vanity Fair
When Netflix announced a Full House reboot as part of their ever-expanding streaming slate there was some question as to how a cheesy, heart-warming sitcom of the TGIF era could survive in a more cynical era.
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Cancer Caused By Lifestyle, Not Chance – The Daily Beast
A new study from researchers at Stony Brook University has uncovered evidence that as much as 90% of cancers are caused not by chance, but by lifestyle choices.
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Mistletoe is a Parasitic, Explosive Plant That Maybe You Shouldn’t Stand Underneath | Atlas Obscura
Mistletoe on a doorway. (Photo: Teodora D/shutterstock.com) The mistletoe plant is largely known for a manufactured characteristic: It’s the green sprig with white berries that hangs in doorways during Christmas time, requiring those who meet benea…
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Predicting The Oscars Is Hard. Do You Have The Solution? | FiveThirtyEight
Predicting who will win the Oscars is hard. The winners are chosen by a group of about 7,000 people we know very little about — the members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences — so our usual forecasting methods don’t work as well.
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Legendary duo Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin have been friends for decades. In a raw, tender and wide-ranging conversation hosted by Pat Mitchell, the three discuss longevity, feminism, the differences between male and female friendship, what it means t…
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Dating app for pot lovers launches hotbox party bus in Denver | The Verge
High There, a dating app for weed smokers, is launching a new feature called The Hopper, a mobile party bus that can be summoned on demand by Denver-area stoners looking to smoke in public legally.
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Google’s new doodle is a Beethoven-themed musical puzzle | The Verge
No one knows what day Ludwig van Beethoven was actually born, but today marks the 245th anniversary of his baptism. So Google made an interactive homepage doodle to mark the occasion.
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Watch the trailer for Tina Fey’s war movie Whiskey Tango Foxtrot | The Verge
If you’re thinking ‘Liz Lemon in Kabul,’ you’re… just about right There isn’t going to be much of a gap between Tina Fey’s raunchy new comedy Sisters and her next starring vehicle.
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Papa John’s will phase out chicken raised with antibiotics by next summer | The Verge
Papa John’s will phase out chicken raised with antibiotics by the summer of 2016.
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This ghostly music video was shot entirely on a Microsoft Kinect | The Verge
Microsoft’s Kinect never changed gaming the way it was intended, but it continues to endure as a cheap and versatile tool for artists.
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San Antonio Spurs post new franchise record with 23rd straight home win | Sport | The Guardian
The San Antonio Spurs are off to the best start at home in franchise history and are leading the league in several defensive categories. Coach Gregg Popovich is there to remind them as only he can that there is still much to improve.
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Meet The New Owner Of Nevada’s Largest Newspaper | ThinkProgress
After days of widespread speculation from the likes of Jeb Bush and Nevada’s senior U.S. Senator Harry Reid to its own editorial staff, the new owner of the Las Vegas Review-Journal was reported on Wednesday to be Sheldon Adelson.
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7 Ways The Environmental Movement Stood Up To Coal In 2015 | ThinkProgress
Paris might have grabbed the headlines this year, but let’s not forget some other corners of the world, where environmentalists threw down the gauntlet and battled the coal industry in a fight for the future.
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Longreads Best of 2015: Business & Tech : Longreads Blog
We asked a few writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year in specific categories. Here, the best in business and tech. This was a fascinating, important story, the first in a multipart series.
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I rejoined the library this week, five years after my membership lapsed and without any great expectation I would use it.
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Why Chicago Teachers May Be About To Go On Strike | ThinkProgress
An overwhelming majority of the Chicago Teachers Union, 88 percent, voted to allow union leaders to call for a strike on Monday. It will be several months before the union decides whether to actually begin a strike.
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The Hackers Targeting Dissidents Throughout Latin America May Be State Sponsored | VICE News
Popular Ecuadoran satirist Gabriel González — who is better known by his pseudonym Crudo Ecuador or Raw Ecuador — quickly realized there was something suspicious about the emails he began receiving earlier this year. But the questionable emails were…
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The case against officer William Porter in the death of Freddie Gray may have been declared a mistrial on Wednesday – but it did succeed in one thing: destroying the overly simplistic mass media racial narrative.
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Google released the top search terms of the year Wednesday morning, accompanied by a video stitched together from inspiring clips: France’s response to the Paris attacks, refugees navigating their way to safe haven and an adult lion
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The opening scene of the fictional web series “Namaste, Bitches” starts with some very un-yogic behavior.
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Celestial ‘Double-Bladed Lightsaber’ Revealed By Hubble | Video
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Meteoroid Showers Help Build Moon’s Wispy Atmosphere
NASA’s Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) mission has turned up evidence that meteor showers help create the moon’s wispy atmosphere. Here, an artist’s concept of the LADEE spacecraft in orbit above the moon.
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An Animated History of Israel/Palestine By Nina Paley – The Atlantic – The Atlantic
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Russia’s Putin Blasts Turkey, Praises Donald Trump in Annual News Conference – The Atlantic
Russian President Vladimir Putin held his annual news conference Thursday, a wide-ranging event that lasted more than three hours.
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Modern celebrity examples warn us that a marriage described as “fairytale” is usually anything but. What happens after “happily ever after” is a question addressed in Alice Thompson’s seventh novel, and a book of Hans Christian Andersen’s fairytales…
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IMF chief Lagarde to stand trial in France – BBC News
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Read Vladimir Putin’s glowing praise for Donald Trump – Vox
The first time I saw this news on Thursday morning, I thought it had to be parody. But no, it’s real — multiple credible outlets are reporting that Vladimir Putin has spoken up about Donald Trump, and the Russian leader thinks the Donald is “a very …
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Libya conflict: Rival lawmakers sign deal in Morocco – BBC News
Libya’s rival lawmakers have signed a UN-brokered deal to form a unity government in a nation split by more than four years of conflict. UN envoy Martin Kobler described the deal as historic, saying Libya had “turned a page” in efforts to achieve re…
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Astronomers Have Predicted an Exploding Star’s Appearance For the First Time Ever
Stars explode on a fairly regular basis, but they’re virtually impossible to predict. Now, for the first time ever, astronomers have captured an image of supernova they knew was coming. Here’s how they did it.
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Brazil WhatsApp suspension lifted – BBC News
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We tried to make an entire meal using only Star Wars branded food · Taste Test · The A.V. Club
The fever surrounding Star Wars: The Force Awakens is hard to miss. Like, really hard to miss. It’s everywhere, from TV to Twitter to this very site.
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“The real world is not about happy endings. It’s about taking the life you have, and fighting like hell to keep it,” Jeri Hogarth offers this advice to Hope Schlottman in “AKA Sin Bin” to convince her to take a plea bargain, but Jeri is speaking fro…
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The Cylons are the enemy. If Battlestar Galactica has a villain (and I’d say at this point in its run, it does), the Cylons are obviously it. They kill without warning, play mind games with the survivors, refuse to negotiate or discuss terms, and hi…
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I told her that I have to go to work now. : cats
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Tired of unhinged hot takes? Here’s a mild, reasonable take on marijuana legalization. – Vox
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Over the past several decades, opponents of marijuana legalization have fretted that legally allowing weed for recreational purposes will lead to more pot use among teens. -
The Practical Guide to Biking in the City
Biking through a city scares a lot of people. Perhaps it’s the lack of safe cul de sacs, or maybe just the idea of cars whizzing by and crushing you into pulp. Urban cycling sounds terrifying, but it’s not as complicated or dangerous as it seems.
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Star Wars Minus Star Wars is a video essay on the original film that doesn’t use a single shot, sound, or snippet of music from the original movie.
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Displaced in Sinaloa: The Hunt For ‘El Chapo’ (Trailer) | VICE News
As the Mexican Navy continues the hunt for fugitive Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman, hundreds of people have been forced to flee the Golden Triangle, the Sinaloa Cartel’s stronghold in Northern Mexico.
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Women Fired For Getting Pregnant Claim Victory | ThinkProgress
Eight women will split $280,000 in a payout of damages and backpay from the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) system after claiming they were discriminated against because they got pregnant.
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On this week’s podcast, Barbara Ehrenreich talks about the alarming rise in the death rate of middle-aged white working class men, who are committing suicide and dying of drug overdoses and alcoholism.
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Repost. Thought it belonged here. : cats
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I asked the experts how to eat healthy on a budget. Here’s what they told me. – Vox
Dear Julia: Eating healthy food is expensive. How can I do it on a budget? While studying in London, I had a roommate whom I’d call an extreme budget eater. Dining in a restaurant was a rare event. He never drank coffee out of the house. He rarely a…
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Libya’s rival parliaments sign UN-backed deal – Al Jazeera English
Libya’s rival parliaments have signed a UN-backed deal to form a unity government at a ceremony in Morocco. Libya has been locked in conflict since a NATO-backed revolt that overthrew long-time leader Muammar Gaddafi four years ago.
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Putin rules out reconcilation with Turkey under Erdogan – Al Jazeera English
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has launched an angry tirade against Turkey, ruling out any rapprochement with its current leaders as ties between the two countries show no sign of improving.
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Millions frozen in FIFA’s bank accounts – Al Jazeera English
Millions of Swiss francs related to world football’s governing body FIFA have been frozen by the Swiss Justice Ministry, a spokesperson has confirmed.
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Love Everyone Often Peace Beauty Balance Life Light Magic: Shifting ice
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Full Milky Way panorama shot near Telluride, CO [16498×4847] [OC] https://t.co/gFsFGXHrnI https://t.co/g6V35Iq9Kt
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Love Everyone Often Peace Beauty Balance Life Light Magic: Earth from Space
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Photo Release: The awakened force of a star https://t.co/bMAvFN2X3E https://t.co/R80oRaT022
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Hubble/ESA Space Telescope Captures 1st Predicted Supernova https://t.co/2ncGV2Vq40 https://t.co/LQ6Z73Ydju
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The Nearest Habitable Exoplanet? “Detected Orbiting a Red Dwarf Star” https://t.co/RSrAd2BUOJ https://t.co/4uVazW87Ob
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Some countries learned from America’s copyright mistakes: TPP will undo that / Boing Boing
America’s 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act made it easy to censor the Internet: under the statute, you can make virtually anything disappear by claiming, without evidence, that it infringes your copyright, and there are almost no penalties for …
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What to Do About Bowe Bergdahl? | VICE News
After five years of bloody fighting in Iraq, US ground forces — the Army and Marine Corps — were having difficulty recruiting. The Army took a chance on a young home-schooled man from Hailey, Idaho, who two years earlier had been rejected by the Coa…
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Photographer took his best friend on an adventure : aww
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Festive Christmas Loaf : Catloaf
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Watch Kimmel Read His Fake Trump Kids Book to Donald Trump | Rolling Stone
Watch Kimmel Read His Fake Trump Kids Book to Donald Trump Late-night host shares his Dr.
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For MLB in 2015, the Need for Speed Reigned Over All | Rolling Stone
On the first Sunday night in August, the Washington Nationals were going down in defeat on national television.
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See Henry Rollins, Stephen Colbert Growl ‘Carol of the Bells’ | Rolling Stone
See Henry Rollins, Stephen Colbert Growl ‘Carol of the Bells’ Talk-show host introduces segment as ‘A Very Rollins Christmas’
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens director JJ Abrams said that it had been his intention from the start that a woman should be at the centre of the film.
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The Onion Reviews ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ – The Onion – America’s Finest News Source
The Onion’s movie critic Peter K. Rosenthal reviews ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ in this week’s Film Standard.
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Elon Musk: Not Paying Carbon Taxes Is Like Not Paying for Garbage Collection | Motherboard
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk recently trekked to Paris to give a talk during the climate discussions that resulted in a global treaty. On Tuesday, he spoke to a packed audience in San Francisco about the importance of innovation, renewable energy sources, a…
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Credit Card Skimmers Hit Multiple Grocery Stores in Colorado and California | Motherboard
Customers at several Safeway grocery store locations in California and Colorado have been hit by credit card skimmers, according to security reporter Brian Krebs.
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Vladimir Putin calls Donald Trump a ‘very bright and talented man’ | World news | The Guardian
Vladimir Putin has given the Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump a ringing endorsement, reciprocating Trump’s praise for Russia. “He is a very bright and talented man, no doubt about that,” said Putin, speaking after his annual press confer…
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Exponential population growth and other unkillable science myths / Boing Boing
There’s a widespread understanding that the vaccine-autism link and climate denial are bullshit, but there are plenty of widespread science myths that are repeated by people who should know better, from the idea that early screening lowers cancer mo…
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Watch the first teaser for Fuller House, coming to Netflix February 26th | The Verge
Netflix’s revival of Full House is just two months away. A first teaser for Fuller House was released this morning and along with it is the show’s premiere date: next year on February 26th.
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Chinese internet giant Tencent now owns the studio behind League of Legends | The Verge
One of the biggest internet companies in the world now owns one of the biggest online games. In 2011 Chinese internet giant Tencent acquired a majority stake in League of Legends developer Riot Games, and now the company has acquired the rest of the…
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Searching for Super Mario Maker levels is about to get a lot easier | The Verge
One of the most annoying parts of Super Mario Maker — the Wii U game where players can craft their own 2D Mario adventure — is finding new user-made levels to enjoy.
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Apple’s Phil Schiller is now in charge of the App Store | The Verge
Today’s executive promotions at Apple have given Phil Schiller a huge new responsibility: overseeing the App Store across all of the company’s hardware platforms.
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Microsoft brings 16 more Xbox 360 games to the Xbox One today | The Verge
Microsoft launched its backwards compatibility for 104 Xbox 360 games on the Xbox One last month, promising to release more regularly. Today it’s delivering on its initial promise with 16 new tiles that are now playable.
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Apple shuffles the board, naming Jeff Williams as new COO | The Verge
Apple has announced an executive shakeup, promoting Jeff Williams to the chief operating officer role vacated by CEO Tim Cook, and making Phil Schiller head of the App Store in addition to his current role as senior vice president of worldwide marke…
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Hubble/ESA Space Telescope Captures 1st Predicted Supernova
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Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher – review | Children’s books | The Guardian
Hannah Baker is dead. She took her life away because she was tired of the world but more specifically she had 13 reasons to not live. Before she dies she recorded her reasons in tapes and mailed it. Clay Jensen does not want to listen to the tapes t…
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Stepes Is A Bet That A Chat App Can Mobilize Crowdsourced Translation | TechCrunch
Mobile messaging is eating the world. So it follows that mobile messaging interfaces will eat UI design. To wit: meet Stepes, a “chat-based translation app” created by veteran software localization company CSOFT. For “chat-based” read: it has a mobi…
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Star Wars retold with pieces of other movies / Boing Boing
Kyle Kallgren’s Star Wars Minus Star Wars is an amazing remix of dozens of media snippets from other soundtracks and movie. The result is an unambiguous patchwork that adds up to the original—so long as you’ve seen it, too. It’s impossible to overst…
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Cheap Trick, N.W.A, Chicago, Steve Miller and Deep Purple will join the pantheon of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at its 31st induction ceremony at Barclays Center in Brooklyn on April 8.
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Martin Shkreli, a pharmaceutical entrepreneur and former hedge fund manager who has been widely criticized for drug price gouging, was arrested Thursday morning by the federal authorities. The investigation, in which Mr.
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Facewatch is a private-public system that shopkeepers and the police use to keep track of “persons of interest,” a list that includes anyone a shopkeeper doesn’t like and registers with the system.
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The Times also obtained the report prepared by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, including sworn statements by Army, Navy and Afghan witnesses.
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Well, the big Republican presidential debate is over and the message is clear: Be afraid. Be very afraid. “America has been betrayed,” began Chris Christie, setting the tone for the night, which might be described as bellicose paranoia. The betrayer…
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Maritime historians, climate scientists and ordinary citizens are coming together on a project to study the logbooks of 19th-century whaling ships to better understand modern-day climate change and Arctic weather patterns. (theguardian.com)
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A Viral Study Suggests Bacon Is Better for the Environment Than Lettuce — But It’s Wrong. 150 calories of lettuce might be more harmful to produce than 150 calories of bacon, but when we sit down to eat, most of us don’t come close to eating 150 cal…
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Wintry mix: 12 video game songs in the spirit of the season · Let’s Playlist · The A.V. Club
In Let’s Playlist, the Gameological staff assembles a themed lineup of video game music and packages it in a YouTube playlist. But we’re just providing the start. It’s up to you to nominate your own candidates and fill out the list (with a YouTube l…
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Sky over San Gimignano Italy[4726×3138][OC] : SkyPorn
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Firefox 64-Bit Now Available for Windows with Improved Performance
Windows: Firefox has been available in unofficial and testing 64-bit builds for years, but this week, Mozilla finally released an official 64-bit version of Firefox for Windows 7 and above.
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The Benefits of Laying Mulch in the Winter
Spreading mulch in your garden helps protect the soil in general, but it has specific benefits during harsh winter conditions.
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‘Judicial Terrorism’: Venezuela Rejects US Drug Charges Against National Guard Chief | VICE News
Venezuela accused the United States on Thursday of “judicial terrorism” and double standards in an indictment against a senior military official for drug trafficking.
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A Friend of the San Bernardino Shooters Is Now Facing Criminal Charges | VICE News
Federal authorities are preparing criminal charges against a man who investigators say supplied guns to the married couple who killed 14 people at a holiday party in San Bernardino, California, this month, two government sources said on Thursday.
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The GOP candidates’ appalling hypocrisy on Christianity, refugees and war “Please stop saying how Christian you are unless you show at least a few signs of understanding the social obligations the word imposes.” (washingtonpost.com)submitted 1 hour …
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Policeman who wanted photos of teen penis in sext case kills self / Boing Boing
A cop who convinced a judge to let him take photos of a 17-year-old boy’s erect penis has killed himself after being accused of having an “inappropriate relationship” with another underage teen.
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Kamcord Now Allows All Android Users To Live-Stream Games From Their Mobile | TechCrunch
Kamcord, the YC-backed company that offers a Twitch-like game streaming service for mobile devices, just made its biggest announcement to date after it enabled any user of its Android app to live-stream their gaming.
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First Round’s Holiday Video Will Have You Reaching For Your Cell Phone | TechCrunch
In the tech world it’s just not the holidays until First Round Capital drops its annual holiday video. It’s that time again, folks. The annual festivities started way back in 2008, the year of our blog. Then it happened again and again.
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Flipboard Overhauls Publisher Pages With Verified Badges, ‘End Card’ Links And Ad Tech | TechCrunch
Flipboard, the mobile and web app with some 82 million monthly active users who use the app to read content from around the web in a magazine-style layout, is today taking the wraps off a new version of its profile pages for publishers that includes…
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Everyone is wildly overestimating how many immigrants there are – Vox
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What Science Has to Say About Affirmative Action – Scientific American
Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin has wound its way back to the Supreme Court, which will once again examine whether consideration of race in undergraduate admissions is constitutional.
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Alan Tudyk Is Turning Con Man’s Show-Within-a-Show Into a Comic
Alan Tudyk and Nathan Fillion’s Con Man already had a bit of a twisty turn-y satirical premise—it was a series about actors in another series within it, a Firefly-esque show called Spectrum cancelled before its time.
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Senator Rand Paul distinguished himself among Republicans this week by championing a more careful, pragmatic response to ISIS than any other primary candidate. So far, it hasn’t won him much support.
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Of course, the International Space Station will screen The Force Awakens · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Because in space, no one can see you form an orderly queue, the astronauts who have recently set up residency in the International Space Station will dispense with the formalities and just screen Star Wars: Episode VII—The Force Awakens at some poin…
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If We’re Going To End Factory Farms, We Need To Eat Way Less Meat : environment
If We’re Going To End Factory Farms, We Need To Eat Way Less Meat (huffingtonpost.com)submitted 49 minutes ago by loading…
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David Axelrod’s admiration for Donald Trump the Politician – The Washington Post
Let’s not overstate things. David Axelrod, the top former campaign strategist to President Obama, is no supporter of Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump and his “anti-Muslim screeds.
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Infused Oils are a Very Fancy, Very Lazy Gift DIY Gift
Fancy looking infused oils are a great DIY gift that seem like much more work than they actually are. This is great news for lazy people like myself. I swear my intentions are good.
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It’s Chelsea Manning’s birthday and you can send her a card / Boing Boing
Evan writes, “Today is WikiLeaks whistleblower Chelsea Manning’s 28th birthday. She’s been imprisoned since she was 22, and is serving a 35 year sentence for exposing some of the U.S. government’s worst abuses.” “Birthdays in prison are no fun.
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Air India pilots suspended after worker ‘sucked into engine’ – BBC News
Air India has suspended a pilot and co-pilot after a technician was sucked into an aircraft engine in Mumbai. The incident is being officially probed by the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau, which functions under India’s civil aviation authori…
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Key quotes from Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s annual briefing – BBC News
President Vladimir Putin has used his annual news conference to launch a furious new attack on Turkey over the downing of a Russian combat jet last month.
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A calendar of every mass shooting in 2015
A calendar of every mass shooting in 2015 https://t.co/SCp3S5r5N9 https://t.co/FiecOuKrqJ
It’s important to note that there is not one universally accepted definition of what constitutes a mass shooting. Mass Shooting Tracker defines a mass shooting as an event in which four or more people were shot, but others have disputed its methodol… -
Cole Swindell on Moving New Single ‘You Should Be Here’: Ram Report | Rolling Stone
When Cole Swindell decided to leave college to pursue a music career in Nashville, his mother didn’t take it all that well. “Her heart was breaking,” Swindell says. His father William, however, never said a word. Instead, the “Chillin’ It” singer sa…
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Space in Videos – 2015 – 12 – Earth’s shifting ice
Using data from ESA’s CryoSat mission, scientists have produced the best maps yet of the changing height of Earth’s biggest ice sheets. CryoSat measures the height of ice – both of that floating in the polar oceans and of the vast ice sheets coverin…
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American Horror Story Provides Us with Matt Bomer Dancing to “Hotline Bling” | Vanity Fair
Drake’s “Hotline Bling” has basically touched every single aspect of our pop-cultural landscape at this point.
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Azealia Banks Arrested for Assaulting, Biting Security Guard | Rolling Stone
Azealia Banks was arrested outside a Manhattan nightclub Wednesday after allegedly biting and punching a female security guard.
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Willie Nelson to Headline Luck Banquet During South by Southwest | Rolling Stone
Willie Nelson will headline a daylong festival, dubbed the Luck Banquet, at his Luck, TX ranch in the spring.
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Putin calls Trump an ‘outstanding, talented’ man : politics
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Putin calls Trump an ‘outstanding, talented’ man
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How to freeze a dandelion in resin / Boing Boing
You’re rushing out the front door, but can’t find your keys or wallet. Happens to all of us. What if you could push a button, and find them in an instant? You can. Just attach the iHere 3.0 Tracking Device to whatever it is you lose most often, then…
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Ho Ho Hoes: Spend ‘Christmas at Luke’s Sex Shop’ with 2 Live Crew, motherf*ckers|Dangerous Minds
Let the record show that a few of us, who do not like to wallow in the emotional mud pits of space opera, nostalgia for lost childhood, or Marin County spirituality, are immune to Star Wars fever.
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Price-hike Pharma boss Shkreli arrested over fraud | Al Jazeera America
Martin Shkreli, a lightning rod for growing outrage over soaring prescription drug prices, was arrested by the FBI on Thursday after a federal investigation involving his former hedge fund and a pharmaceutical company he previously headed.
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Shirt swapping: new to NFL, but long part of soccer’s rich tradition | Football | The Guardian
Jerry Seinfeld had it about right. “Loyalty to any one sports team is pretty hard to justify,” began his monologue at the start of The Label Maker.
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Marco Rubio’s efforts to pass comprehensive immigration reform were always thought to be a vulnerability in the Florida senator’s pursuit of the Republican nomination for president.
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‘I thought it would be easy’: one New York family’s search for a home | US news | The Guardian
On a warm July day, in the shadows of glitzy Times Square, Shakira Crawford cleans the sidewalk in front of Candlewood Suites with bleach and water. Dressed in an ochre uniform, she flashes her Hollywood-esque smile at the guests of this 188-room ho…
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Schools in Miami, Fort Lauderdale and Houston remain open despite threats | US news | The Guardian
Students in Miami, Fort Lauderdale and Houston went to school on Thursday, hours after school officials in those cities received threats similar to the ones received by the Los Angeles and New York school districts earlier this week.
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Big Pharma bro arrested by federal agents in overnight raid, faces multiple investigations
Martin Shkreli, the face of greed in the U.S. Big Pharma bro Martin Shkreli gained international notoriety when his company bought the rights to Daraprim—a drug used to treat parasitic infections, primarily in HIV patients—and suddenly raised the pr…
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Man Who Supplied Guns to CA Shooters to Be Charged | Al Jazeera America
Federal authorities are set to file criminal charges later Thursday against a friend of the couple behind the slaying of 14 people in San Bernardino, California. Investigators say the man supplied weapons to the two shooters prior to their rampage a…
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ITT: plenty of astroturfing. It’s more like pre-teens found out about Donald Trump and this subreddit, and decided to leave the YouTube comment section in search of a wider audience.
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Microsoft opens a HoloLens playground for developers at its New York store | The Verge
Millions of people have seen Microsoft’s astonishing HoloLens videos. Far fewer have seen the limited, but still impressive, reality. And that’s something Microsoft wants to change.
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Moody mobile game Badland has a fantastic new sequel | The Verge
Two years ago Badland became one of mobile’s best games, mixing a dark, alien atmosphere with simple but challenging gameplay. Today, it finally has a sequel with the surprise launch of Badland 2 on iPhone and iPad.
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‘Pharma Bro’ Martin Shkreli Is Arrested in Connection With Securities Fraud – The Atlantic
He raised the price of a life-saving drug from $13.50 to $750 and spent $2 million to buy the only copy of a Wu-Tang Clan album—making him the symbol of corporate excess and greed and earning him the monicker “Pharma Bro.
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“Even poetry, Sweet Patron Muse forgive me the words, is not what music is,” the poet Edna St. Vincent Millay exclaimed in a letter. “Without music life would be a mistake,” Nietzsche proclaimed in contemplating the singular power of music.
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The psychology of waiting in line to see Star Wars | The Verge
You already know whether or not you’re going to see The Force Awakens tonight. Ticket sales opened two months ago, and if you live anywhere even remotely populated, the opening show probably sold out two months ago as well.
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Could Ketamine Be Used to Vaccinate for Depression or PTSD?
One sunny day this fall, I caught a glimpse of the new psychiatry. At a mental hospital near Yale University, a depressed patient was being injected with ketamine. For 40 minutes, the drug flowed into her arm, bound for cells in her brain.
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This new DNA test could help people beat depression faster – Quartz
For people who suffer from depression, treatment is often a game of chance. Thirty to forty percent of people don’t respond well to the first anti-depressant they’re prescribed. So they try another. And then possibly another.
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“DOWN TO START A RIOT” Vic Mensa Documentary on Vimeo
Watch Down To Start A Riot, A Vic Mensa Documentary For our first video cover story, The FADER visits the SAVEMONEY rapper at home in Chicago: thefader.com/2015/09/17/vic-mensa-down-to-start-a-riot-documentary Last May, The FADER spent a week with t…
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You Won’t Have To Wait Too Long To Learn All About Supergirl’s New Comic Book Hero
No, Doctor Strange will probably not feature a Spider-Man cameo. The Flash casts another comic book villain. Lev Grossman teases the differences between The Magicians books and the show. Plus, good news for The Librarians, the stunts of The Force Aw…
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Pierre the Maze Detective – in pictures | Children’s books | The Guardian
The adventure starts in Pierre’s garage when his friend Carmen bursts into tell him that there has been a crime that only he, as a specialist maze detective can solve! The adventure will take him… Photograph: Hiro Kamigaki and IC4DESIGN Facebook T…
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What Neutron Stars, Lasagna, and Waffles Have in Common
Hot fluids of neutrons that flow without friction, superconductors made of protons, and a solid crust built of exotic atoms—features like these make neutron stars some of the strangest objects we’ve found in the cosmos so far.
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Online Publisher Purch Acquires ShopSavvy | TechCrunch
Purch just announced that it has acquired ShopSavvy, the mobile shopping startup backed by Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin. Purch was formerly known as TechMediaNetwork and operates sites including Tom’s Guide and AnandTech.
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Andy Samberg’s life, and arguably comedy in general, changed during the December 17, 2005 episode of Saturday Night Live. Hosted by Jack Black with musical guest Neil Young, the program featured the second installment of its SNL Digital Shorts serie…
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Drug price-hiker Martin Shkreli arrested on fraud charge / Boing Boing
Drug entrepreneur Martin Shkreli, 32, made himself infamous by hiking the price of life-saving generic pill from from $13.50 to $750. If you suspected that such a sterling human being might have fingers in other pies, you’re not alone, as he’s now b…
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These Bodyweight Exercises Help You Get Fit and Only Require a Door
While you can bust out push-ups and squats at anytime, anywhere, other bodyweight exercises like pull-ups and rows depend on having something that’s stable enough for you to hold onto. For that, head to a playground, or better yet: just use your doo…
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The explosion in original television production has created new opportunities and challenges for music supervisors, the professionals responsible for finding and clearing the perfect song for every scene.
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Every Star Wars movie, according to its colors – Vox
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Every Star Wars movie begins and ends with the same color palette — yellow and black for the scrolling introduction, and blue and black for the credits. But everything in between is very different. -
Star Wars and Its Oscar Hopes | Vanity Fair
Finally, the last piece of the puzzle is in place: we’ve seen Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and on this week’s Little Gold Men we discuss how the film holds up to the Star Wars legacy, and how that will help—or hurt—it in the Oscar race ahead.
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Canyonlands, UT [OC] [2800×1400] : EarthPorn
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Badger cull ‘met government targets’ – BBC News
Nearly 1,500 badgers were killed this year as part of the government’s badger cull, Defra has announced. The latest figures show 756 animals were killed in Dorset, 432 in Gloucestershire and 279 in Somerset as part of efforts to eradicate bovine TB.
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Morning Digest: Democrats get another candidate for must-win Iowa House seat
Looking for a good way to keep track of who’s who in Louisiana’s fledgling Senate race? Our own Daniel Donner has put together a visual scorecard keeping track of who is in and who still might run.
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Tastemade Raises $40 Million From Goldman Sachs To Make Food Videos | TechCrunch
Tastemade, the maker of food and lifestyle videos, has raised a $40 million financing round led by Goldman Sachs. Participating investors in the Series D round include, Redpoint Ventures, Comcast Ventures, Liberty Media and Scripps Networks.
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‘What It Means to Be Young, Talented, and Black’ (20 photos) https://t.co/5Xz5ExBL9C https://t.co/ptbOjEmhm2
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Love Everyone Often Peace Beauty Balance Life Light Magic: Galileo lifts off
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Love Everyone Often Peace Beauty Balance Life Light Magic: Launch replay
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Next time someone says evolution isn’t real, show them this video – Vox
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Denmark’s government wants to seize valuables from Syrian refugees – Vox
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Congress tucked CISA inside last night’s budget bill : politics
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I met a tiny baby elephant. : pics
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Service, The Customer Service Startup, Launches Its iOS App | TechCrunch
Service, the LA-based customer service startup that recently closed a $3.1M seed round, just launched its iOS app. As a refresher, Service acts as an intermediary between disappointed customers and businesses.
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Nearly 2,000 Planets That Could Hold Water, Visualized | Motherboard
In case you’re ever gazing up at the sky wondering exactly how many exoplanets are in that sweet, potentially habitable “Goldilocks zone,” this interactive website has your answer. A lot. Goldilocks.
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Tencent Takes Full Control Of ‘League Of Legends’ Creator Riot Games | TechCrunch
Billion-dollar Chinese Internet firm Tencent bought a majority stake in Riot Games back in February 2011, and now it has closed out the deal by fully acquiring the games firm behind hit title ‘League of Legends’. We contacted Tencent for further det…
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There is also a provision to quadruple H2B unskilled immigrant workers. And a lot of tax goodies.
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Hated ‘Pharma Bro’ Martin Shkreli Arrested on Fraud Charges | VICE News
Martin Shkreli, the notorious, price-gouging “pharma bro” who became a widely despised symbol for soaring drug prices earlier this year, was arrested by the FBI on Thursday after a federal investigation involving his former hedge fund and a pharmace…
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What It’s Like To Fight For A Union When Your Boss Is Donald Trump | ThinkProgress
LAS VEGAS, NV — Since 2012, Marisela Olvera has folded the towels, tucked in the sheets, and vacuumed the floors of 62-story, gold-plated Trump International Hotel just off the Las Vegas Strip.
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Very rare Hans Christian Andersen illustration up for auction | Books | The Guardian
A “very rare” watercolour illustrating Hans Christian Andersen’s fairytale about the nightingale that sings for the Emperor of China is being sold at auction.
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Amazon Just Kicked Off One Last Logitech Gold Box Sale For The Holidays
In case you need a few more last minute gift ideas, Amazon just kicked off a Gold Box deal on a bunch of popular Logitech accessories, starting as low as $9. Inside, you’ll find an Anywhere Mouse MX for $27, a 2.1 speaker system for $23, a $38 solar…
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“The Extra Mile Is Never Crowded”
Every day, when you get to work or start your projects, you get to decide how much effort you’re going to put in. A little, the normal amount, or go completely overboard. Few choose that last option, which gives you an advantage.
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Islamic State conflict: Raqqa activist killed in Syria – BBC News
Another member of a Syrian activist group that reports on the activities of the jihadist group Islamic State (IS) in the city of Raqqa has been murdered.
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US state accuses tech support firm of scamming users – BBC News
One of the world’s largest independent tech support firms has been accused of routinely pressuring customers into buying software they do not need. In a Washington lawsuit, Indian firm iYogi is accused of using scare tactics to mislead consumers.
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Note: Reindeer run over by revenge-seeking zombie grandma with hair matching color of blue and silver candles. Film at 11. Days ’til Star Wars Episode VII: 0!!!!!
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Pharma pariah Martin Shkreli arrested on suspicion of securities fraud | The Verge
Notoriety comes easily to 32-year-old drug company entrepreneur Martin Shkreli, who has managed to offend almost as many people as Donald Trump without having the platform of a nationwide presidential campaign to help him.
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Brazilians ‘adrift’ after WhatsApp suspension – BBC News
Brazilians angered at the 48-hour suspension by a court of the WhatsApp messaging application have been taking to social media. As well as surprise at the move, they have been joking about how they would spend the next two days without access to the…
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Study Shows Coral Reefs Can Be ‘Incredibly Resilient’ To Warming Events | ThinkProgress
Coral reefs have had a tough time in the last two decades as warming temperatures, overfishing, chemical runoff, and disease have sparked massive coral die-offs. But reefs in the Indian Ocean show that substantial recovery is possible, a study relea…
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‘Whites Against Trump’: the slogan coined by a black comedian – BBC News
Americans on social media have been tweeting and posting using the hashtag “Whites Against Trump”. But the man who inspired the slogan is actually an African-American comedian.
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10 Numbers That Prove 2015 Was The Year Of The Refugee | ThinkProgress
As 2015 draws to a close, world leaders are engaged in bitter debates about how to handle an influx of refugees from war-torn nations. A migrant crisis that has been escalating for some time finally reached a fever pitch this year.
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Saudi Arabia could have a hard time using its anti-terror coalition, comprised of predominately Muslim nations, considering some of the member states weren’t aware such a coalition exists.
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Kotaku Fallout 4’s Companions Say Amazing Things To One Another | Deadspin Utah Lineman To BYU At Las Vegas Bowl Welcome Dinner: “You’re A Dirty Team” | Jezebel Is This the Whitest Tweet Ever | Gizmodo Earthquake-Proof Beds Might Be the Scariest Par…
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The Citizens’ Network – Al Jazeera English
After the Edward Snowden revelations, President Evo Morales said the US was conducting electronic surveillance on “our most senior authorities” and stopped using his own email account. Technology is a new way to colonise and enter countries.
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A large section of Australia’s only international biodiversity hotspot in Western Australia has been listed as critically endangered by the Federal Government. (abc.net.au)submitted 7 minutes ago by loading…
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Flint’s ‘toxic soup’ polluted water worse for children than thought, doctor says – Dangerous levels of lead in 15% of children’s blood in certain hotspots. Dr Mona Hanna-Attisha discovered pollution that led to state of emergency. (theguardian.com)
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Dandelion preserved in resin. : pics
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The Dangerous Passage of Syria’s Climate Refugees – Scientific American
Amidst fellow refugees, a father hurriedly carries his children ashore from their inflatable raft moments after landing on European soil–the Greek island of Lesbos–in November.
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This story features violent images. For 14 months, the first thing Dave Herrod, a special agent with the Drug Enforcement Administration, did every morning was boot up his laptop and begin tracking a 43-foot yacht with Dock Holiday painted on the st…
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2015: The Year in Sports Scandals – The Atlantic
What do Tom Brady, Pete Rose, and Sepp Blatter have in common? Until this year, very little. But 2015 saw many names dragged through the mud. Allegations of corporate espionage, doping, and straight-up cheating dogged the sports world this year, tar…
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Social Psychology Research Shows That We Should Be Less Self-Conscious – The Atlantic
Can psychological research change your life? Most of the time, no—findings by psychologists don’t usually bear on everyday concerns. My colleagues at Yale, for instance, study topics such as the neuroscience of memory, how babies reason about social…
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Pentagon Confirms Defense Secretary Ash Carter Used a Personal Email Account – The Atlantic
Ash Carter used a personal email account to conduct at least part of his official business as defense secretary, the Pentagon has acknowledged, a practice he continued at least two months after it was revealed in March that Hillary Clinton, the Demo…
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Bayer sued in Germany over contraceptive pill risks – BBC News
A German woman is suing pharmaceuticals giant Bayer, claiming its contraceptive pill Yasminelle caused her to suffer a pulmonary embolism.Felicitas Rohrer, is seeking €200,000 (£145,000; $220,000) in damages following the life-threatening illness.
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Pharma boss Martin Shkreli arrested on fraud charges – BBC News
Pharmaceutical boss Martin Shkreli, who sparked outrage after hiking up the price of an established medicine, has been arrested on separate fraud charges.
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The interesting evolution of ‘political correctness’ – The Washington Post
“I’m not anxious to give away American values and principles for the sake of political correctness,” Ben Carson said during the fifth Republican debate on Tuesday.
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Baltimore Awaits New Trial Date in Gray Case | Al Jazeera America
Baltimore awaits a fresh court date on Thursday after a judge declared a mistrial in the case of a police officer charged in the death of black detainee Freddie Gray, which sparked riots in April.
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Molotov Signs Deals With LG And Samsung To Come To Your Smart TV | TechCrunch
French startup Molotov wants to revolutionize your TV experience and it has partnered with most French networks. But software and content are nothing without a good distribution plan. That’s why the company is partnering with smart TV makers to ship…
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The Ominous Story of Syria’s Climate Refugees – Scientific American
Kemal Ali ran a successful well-digging business for farmers in northern Syria for 30 years. He had everything he needed for the job: a heavy driver to pound pipe into the ground, a battered but reliable truck to carry his machinery, a willing crew …
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rsync.net: ZFS Replication to the cloud is finally here—and it’s fast | Ars Technica
In mid-August, the first commercially available ZFS cloud replication target became available at rsync.net. Who cares, right? As the service itself states, “If you’re not sure what this means, our product is Not For You.”
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Networked gaming is the new social media, and it’s a boys’ club / Boing Boing
Earlier this fall, Pew released the results of a new survey documenting how digital networks are key to how teens connect with friends. What was most striking was the gender disparity. Girls socialize via text and social media, and boys tend to conn…
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The Year Black Protesters Reinvigorated Campus Activism | New Republic
Last Friday, Rick Brattin, a Republican state representative from Missouri prefiled a bill, H.B. 1743, at his statehouse. Its declared purpose: To mandate “that any college athlete on scholarship who refuses to play for a reason unrelated to health …
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Shelfie Lets You Download Ebooks and Audiobooks by Snapping Photos of Your Physical Copies
Shelfie, formerly known as BitLit, already lets you take a photo of the physical books you own and get matching ebook copies. Now they’re throwing audiobooks into the mix, so you can listen to the books on your bookshelf too.
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The indictment stated that Scott A Orton, 57, had a record of online menacing of local journalists, city council members, fellow commenters and even FBI agents, dating back to at least 2009. The rare prosecution comes in the wake of a mass shooting …
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Space in Videos – 2015 – 12 – Galileo sat 11 & 12 – Launch replay (part 1)
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A new global temperature forecast from the UK’s Met Office says that 2016 is likely to be even warmer than 2015. (bbc.com)submitted 7 minutes ago by loading…
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Cancer is not just ‘bad luck’ but overwhelmingly due to environment, study suggests : environment
Not even going to wait until it’s off the front page? No shame
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How Marcel Marceau Started Miming to Save Children from the Holocaust | Open Culture
Earlier this month, we featured Marcel Marceau, surely the most famous mime ever to live, performing the progression of human life, from birth to death, in four minutes. In the video above, you can watch him using his hands to act out something equa…
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In a move that will surprise no one familiar with his questionable career trajectory, Martin Shkreli, the pharmaceutical executive best known for hiking the price of a lifesaving anti-parasitic drug to $750 from $13.
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12 Days of Christmas Songs: ‘Joy to the World’ Isn’t Supposed to Be One – The Atlantic
Welcome to The 12 Days of Christmas Songs: an attempt to uncover the forgotten history of some of the most memorable festive tunes. From December 14 through 25, we’ll be tackling one secular song and one holy song each day.
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Martin Shkreli arrested by FBI over hedge fund investigation | US news | The Guardian
The pharmaceutical entrepreneur Martin Shkreli has been arrested by the FBI as part of a federal investigation related to his former hedge fund and a drug company he used to run.
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I hope you know this will go down on your permanent record | The Verge
When I was a kid, adults in power would threaten us with a thing called a “permanent record.” It was the sleight of hand used after we stopped believing in Santa. A ruse to keep misfits and miscreants in line.
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A Machine Successfully Predicted the Hit Dance Songs of 2015 | Motherboard
Hit songs are getting so predictable. No, literally. The recipe for what makes a pop or dance song a hit has apparently become so formulaic, a computer algorithm can predict with above-average accuracy the likelihood that a song will top the charts.
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What Constitutes a Mass Shooting and Why You Should Care – Feminist Reflections
How many mass shootings occurred in the United States in 2015? It seems like a relatively simple question; it sounds like just a matter of counting them.
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Brazil has shut down WhatsApp for roughly 100 million people – Quartz
WhatsApp, the Facebook-owned messaging service, has been ordered by a Brazilian judge to shut down for two days. The ban took effect at midnight local time (9pm ET on Dec. 16).
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Fifa scandal: Large cash sums frozen by Switzerland – BBC News
Millions of Swiss francs in bank accounts belonging to world soccer’s governing body Fifa have been frozen, the Swiss justice ministry has said. US officials believe “corruption money” may have been transited through the frozen accounts, the ministr…
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A Campaign for President—and to Cut Drug Prices – Scientific American
The average price of a new cancer drug now exceeds $100,000 a year. The patient does not pay the entire tab, but someone who needs a prescription can still spend $25,000, not reimbursed by health insurance. That steep co-payment equals about half of…
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TechCrunch Is Going To Davos | TechCrunch
The World Economic Forum — held in the mountain village of Davos, Switzerland every year — has increasingly become a place where its usual attendees (the captains of the world’s biggest industries) have been joined by the biggest and hottest technol…
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SpaceX Preparing for Launch of ‘Significantly Improved’ Falcon 9
SpaceX chief executive Elon Musk, speaking at a meeting of the American Geophysical Union Dec. 15, said the upcoming Falcon 9 was “significantly improved” over previous versions of the vehicle.
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Ovarian cancer: Screening may cut deaths by a fifth – BBC News
Doctors say there is now “encouraging” evidence that an annual blood test may cut ovarian cancer deaths by a fifth. Ovarian tumours are often deadly as they are caught too late.
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Photographs of Hillside High School’s Marching Band – The Atlantic
Sophia Nahli Allison defines her photography essay, Marching Together, by what it’s not. “This is not a story about an underfunded program or urban youth succeeding in band as a way to escape violence,” she said.
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The Trans-Siberian Orchestra and the Ironic Intensity of ‘Carol of the Bells’ – The Atlantic
Welcome to The 12 Days of Christmas Songs: an attempt to uncover the forgotten history of some of the most memorable festive tunes. From December 14 through 25, we’ll be tackling one secular song and one holy song each day.
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BBC Sport – Arsene Wenger: Chelsea will not go down, says Arsenal boss
Chelsea are not in a relegation battle, despite lying 16th in the Premier League, according to Arsene Wenger. The Blues are one point above the drop zone and boss Jose Mourinho’s future has been discussed by the board.
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Significant Digits for Thursday, Dec. 17, 2015 | FiveThirtyEight
You’re reading Significant Digits, a daily digest of the telling numbers tucked inside the news. The new cost for Pandora, an advertising-supported streaming service, to stream a song for the next five years. The U.S. Copyright Royalty Board raised …
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With Latest Budget Deal, More Failure By Design
With Congress about to vote this week on a federal budget for the current fiscal year, perhaps we can be thankful that Tuesday’s Republican presidential debate spared us extended disingenuous talk about “out-of-control government spending.
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Abbreviated Pundit Round-up: The unelectable Republicans and their most recent debate
The above graph is from PredictWise, happily now with trending available. With Ted Cruz rising and Donald Trump steady, the betting markets see that as a move toward an unelectable GOP nominee. Let’s explore why that is.
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Telegram Gets 1.5M+ Download Spike As Brazil WhatsApp Shutdown Kicks In | TechCrunch
Messaging app Telegram is currently experiencing a bump in downloads in Brazil thanks to a local court ruling forcing a 48 hour shutdown of WhatsApp, which started at 9pm ET on Wednesday. (More on the wtaf of that ruling here.)
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NASA Receives $19.3 Billion in Final 2016 Spending Bill
WASHINGTON — The final version of a fiscal year 2016 spending bill will provide NASA with nearly $19.3 billion, funding most agency programs at or above the administration’s original request. The omnibus spending bill, released by House and Senate a…
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Turkey security forces kill 23 PKK militants in Cizre – BBC News
Security forces in Turkey have killed 23 suspected members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in two days of operations in Cizre and Silopi, authorities say. Twenty-two were killed in Cizre while one was killed in Silopi, state-run Anatolia news …
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If You’re Not Using Your FSA, You’re Missing Out on a Great Investment
Flexible Spending Accounts (or FSAs) are one of the more obscure perks your employer might offer that you may not be paying attention to. If you haven’t looked, however, you’re missing out on an amazing way to stretch your money.
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Putin ‘enraged’ by Turkey jet action – BBC News
Russian President Vladimir Putin has poured fresh scorn on Turkey for downing Russian jet last month. The incident on the Syria-Turkey border was a “hostile act” but Russia was “not the country” to run away, he told his annual news conference.
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Incredible New Photos Reveal Pluto’s Pits and Other Terrain
Pluto’s complex geology just got a little less mysterious thanks to two incredible new photos from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft. The probe , taking detailed photos and measurements of the dwarf planet as it passed and transmitting them back to Ear…
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The doctor who discovered that the children of Flint, Michigan, were at risk of irreparable brain damage from lead poisoning in the city’s water supply has warned that the problem of “toxic soup” coming out of their household taps may have affected …
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Alice In Wonderland by Lewis Carroll – review | Children’s books | The Guardian
When people come across Alice in Wonderland they tend to think it’s about fantasy and fairies and a book for babies.
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EU to investigate Volkswagen emissions scandal – BBC News
The European Parliament has voted to set up a committee to investigate the Volkswagen emissions scandal. The committee will investigate whether regulators failed to prevent the car industry from cheating emissions tests designed to reduce pollution.
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‘Star Wars’ Tech: 8 Sci-Fi Inventions and Their Real-Life Counterparts
A long time ago in a studio far, far away, filmmaker George Lucas created one of the seminal works of science fiction: the “Star Wars” movie series.
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The most pleasurable gifts to give are the ones you would most like to receive, but it doesn’t necessarily follow that your favourite books are the ones you should give to others.
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Pacemaker, our favorite DJ app just got even better | The Verge
In early 2014, Pacemaker became the first DJ App that allowed users to play and beat-match two Spotify tracks simultaneously.
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XKCD, the “webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math and language” written for the past 10 years by Randall Munroe, is a geek phenomenon. (The name, incidentally, is simply a set of letters that don’t appear in any English words in that order, so are easy …
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“My priority is to ensure energy bills for hardworking families and businesses are kept as low as possible,” said energy and climate change secretary Amber Rudd, announcing sweeping cuts to renewable energy subsidies on Thursday. Yet this rationale …
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Brazil’s WhatsApp ban is driving millions of users to Telegram | The Verge
How big is WhatsApp? It’s enormous, we all know that, and sometimes there’s a nice round number to illustrate the point. Brazil’s decision to shut down the Facebook-owned messaging app for 48 hours has resulted in more than 1.5 million new users joi…
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Space in Videos – 2015 – 12 – Galileo sat 11 & 12 – Liftoff
Galileo Launch (sat 9 & 10) – Lift-off Rating Galileo Launch (sat 9 & 10) – Replay part 1 (launch) Released: 11/09/2015 Rating
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Nigeria is betting on solar power to reach a million homes without access to the grid : environment
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Love Everyone Often 12/18/2015
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